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inline engine

inline engine is the alternative form of in-line engine.

Meaning of in-line engine

Noun

in-line engine (plural in-line engines)

  1. An engine that has all cylinders in one line or row.
    • The straight-eight is an eight-cylinder in-line engine.
    Synonyms:
    straight engine

Forms of inline engine

pluralinline engines

Questions about inline engine

What is inline engine the alternative form of?
Inline engine is the alternative form of in-line engine.

Words near inline engine in the dictionary

  1. inlighting
  2. inlights
  3. inlinability
  4. inlinable
  5. inline
  6. inline engine
  7. inline engines
  8. inline hockey
  9. inline skate
  10. inline skates
  11. inline skating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inline engine (page history and authors); in-line engine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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