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internal-combustion engine

in·ter·nal-com·bus·tion en·gine (plural in·ter·nal-com·bus·tion en·gines)


noun 
Definition:
 
fuel-burning engine: an engine in which fuel is burned in combustion chambers within the engine, instead of in an external furnace, and in which the energy released moves one or more pistons

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