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Wankel engine
(redirected from epitrochoidal engine)

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Wankel engine: see internal-combustion engine internal-combustion engine, one in which combustion of the fuel takes place in a confined space, producing expanding gases that are used directly to provide mechanical power.
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Wankel engine [′väŋ·kəl ‚en·jən]
(mechanical engineering)
An eccentric-rotor-type internal combustion engine with only two primary moving parts, the rotor and the eccentric shaft; the rotor moves in one direction around the trochoidal chamber containing peripheral intake and exhaust ports. Also known as rotary-combustion engine.


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