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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