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Wankel engine Definition


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Wankel engine
noun
    1. A rotary automobile engine which has an approximately triangular central rotor turning in a close-fitting oval-shaped chamber rather than conventional pistons and cylinders, and has very few moving parts.
Etymology: 1959: named after Felix Wankel (1902‐88), the German engineer who invented it.



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