单词 | wankel engine |
释义 | Wankel enginenounan internal-combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given horsepower. Also called Wankel. Origin of Wankel enginenamed after F. Wankel Words nearby Wankel enginewanigan, waning moon, wanion, wank, Wankel, Wankel engine, wanker, Wankie, wanksta, wanky, wanna Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Wankel engineWankel engine / (ˈwæŋkəl) / nouna type of four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts. It consists of one or more approximately elliptical combustion chambers within which a curved triangular-shaped piston rotates, by the explosion of compressed gas, dividing the combustion chamber into three gastight sections Word Origin for Wankel engineC20: named after Felix Wankel (1902–88), German engineer who invented it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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