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Meaning of internal combustion engine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
  2. A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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