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Meaning of "external-combustion engine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

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External-Combustion engine is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

external-combustion engine

External combustion engine

An external combustion engine is a heat engine where an working fluid is heated by combustion in an external source, through the engine wall or a heat exchanger. The fluid then, by expanding and acting on the mechanism of the engine, produces motion and usable work. The fluid is then cooled, compressed and reused, or dumped, and cool fluid pulled in.

Definition of external-combustion engine in the English dictionary

The definition of external-combustion engine in the dictionary is a heat engine in which the working fluid is heated in an external boiler or heat exchanger and is thus isolated from the process of fuel combustion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

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External Affairs
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external ear
external examiner
external relation
external respiration
external spline
external student
external trade
externalisation
externalism
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externalities
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externalization
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WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

aero engine
compression-ignition engine
diesel engine
engine
fire engine
fuel injection engine
gas engine
heat engine
imagine
internal-combustion engine
jet engine
petrol engine
replacement engine
search engine
steam engine
steam-engine
Stirling engine
tank engine
traction engine
turbo engine
valve-in-head engine

Synonyms and antonyms of external-combustion engine in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «external-combustion engine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

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The translations of external-combustion engine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «external-combustion engine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外燃机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

motor de combustión externa
570 millions of speakers

English

external-combustion engine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाह्य दहन इंजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محرك الاحتراق الخارجي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двигатель внешнего сгорания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

motor de combustão externa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাহ্যিক-জ্বলন ইঞ্জিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Moteur à combustion externe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Enjin pembakaran luaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

externe Kraftmaschine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

外燃機関
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외부 연소 엔진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Engine external-combustion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

động cơ đốt bên ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிப்புற எரிப்பு இயந்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाह्य दहन इंजिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dıştan yanmalı motor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

motore a combustione esterna -
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spalinowy silnik zewnętrzny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двигун зовнішнього згоряння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

motor cu ardere externă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινητήρα εξωτερικής καύσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eksterne - binnebrandenjin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

extern förbränningsmotor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

external- forbrenningsmotor
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE»

Discover the use of external-combustion engine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to external-combustion engine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The External Combustion Engine
The high-wire pleasures and exhilarations of reading are happily reawakened by this brilliant, surprising book"—Joan Retallack.
Michael Ives, 2005
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FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
The steam engine may be called an intermittent external combustion engine and the steam turbine a continuous external combustion engine. A closed cycle gas turbine plant is also an example of an external combustion engine. Here ...
H. N. GUPTA, 2012
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The Internal-combustion Engine in Theory and Practice: ...
THE STIRLING ENGINE Another external-combustion engine that has received some recent attention is the Stirling type of hot-gas engine (13.850 to 13.857). By using hydrogen as the working fluid, reasonably good efficiencies and modest ...
Charles Fayette Taylor, 1985
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Basic Mechanical Engineering
In an external combustion engine, the combustion of fuel takes place outside the engine cylinder whereas in case of an internal combustion engine, the combustion of the fuel takes place in the engine cylinder. In internal combustion engine ...
Mohan Sen, 2006
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Popular Science
This external-combustion engine combines all systems in a single unit By E. F. LINDSLEY/PS Midwest Editor I he first external combustion engine package — burner, boiler, expander, and condenser, all together— has just been patented by ...
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New Scientist
Fuel saving finds a new sphere In this "external combustion" engine, fuel enters the spherical combustion chamber at centre. The piston then pushes air into the chamber where it forms a radially-flowing mixture ignited by the spark plug ( top )  ...
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Boys' Life
It was the world's first internal combustion engine. An internal combustion engine is powered by gas exploding inside its combustion chamber. A steam engine, in contrast, is an "external combustion" engine. It is powered by steam piped inside  ...
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Academic Chemistry IX
Differences between Diesel Engine and Petrol Engine Comparison between the first three strokes of Diesel Engine with those of Petrol Engine Advantages of Internal Combustion Engine over External Combustion Engine (Steam Engine) The ...
Dr. N . K. Verma, Dr. Neera Verma
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Principles of Automotive Vehicles
Figure 6 shows in simplified form an internal and an external combustion engine. The external combustion engine requires a boiler in which a fuel is burned. This combustion causes water to boil to produce steam. The steam passes into the ...
United States. Dept. of the Army, United States. Dept. of the Air Force, 1956
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Popular Mechanics
The external combustion engine was crude, but it did its job and pulled the 19th century into the industrial age. External combustion is almost a forgotten term now, but at one time that was the only engine available The Gerace Cycle AIR ...

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