internal-combustion engine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
internal-combustion engine
▶noun an engine in which power is generated by the expansion of hot gases from the burning of fuel with air inside the engine.
'internal-combustion engine' also found in these Oxford entries:
air filter
- aspirate
- block
- camshaft
- capacity
- carburettor
- compression
- compression ratio
- cylinder
- cylinder head
- decoke
- diesel
- fire
- four-stroke
- fuel injection
- head gasket
- ICE
- ignition
- induction
- lean-burn
- manifold
- misfire
- mixture
- motor vehicle
- multivalve
- oil engine
- piston
- power stroke
- pre-ignition
- pushrod
- radial
- rebore
- rich
- scavenge
- side valve
- spark
- spark plug
- straight-eight
- sump
- supercharger
- timing
- two-stroke
- V
- valve gear
- Wankel engine
