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单词 wankel engine
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Wankel engine


noun

an 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 engine

named after F. Wankel

Words nearby Wankel engine

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British Dictionary definitions for Wankel engine

Wankel engine
/ (ˈwæŋkəl) /

noun

a 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 engine

C20: 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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