eccentric rotor engine

eccentric rotor engine

[ek¦sen·trik ′rōd·ər ‚en·jən]

(mechanical engineering)

A rotary engine, such as the Wankel engine, wherein motion is imparted to a shaft by a rotor eccentric to the shaft.

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