English Explanatory Dictionary

Wankel engine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rotary internal combustion engine, without pistons, using instead an epitrochoid-shaped housing.

Word forms

Wankel engine Wankel engines

Etymology

From the name of the inventor, engineer Felix Wankel.

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