internal combustion engine

internal combustion engine noun: a piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.

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Noun

internal combustion engine (plural internal combustion engines)

A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.

internal combustion engine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

internal combustion engine in Hindi

a piston or a rotary heat engine: अन्तर्दहन इंजन antardahan iñjan

internal combustion engine in Tamil

a piston or a rotary heat engine: உள் எரி பொறி uḷ eri poṟi

internal combustion engine in Marathi

a piston or a rotary heat engine: अंतर्गत ज्वलन इंजिन antargat jvalan iñjin

internal combustion engine in Urdu

a piston or a rotary heat engine: اندرونی احتراقی محرکیہ

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internal combustion engine in Bengali: অন্তর্দহন ইঞ্জিন ontordohon injin
internal combustion engine in Telugu: అంతర్గత దహన యంత్రం antargata dahana yantraṁ
internal combustion engine in Malayalam: ആന്തരിക ദഹന യന്ത്രം āntarika dahana yantraṁ
internal combustion engine in Kannada: ಅಂತರ್ದಹನ ಇಂಜಿನ್ antardahana iñjin
internal combustion engine in Punjabi: ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਦਹਿਨ ਇੰਜਣ andarūnī dahin iñjaṇ
internal combustion engine in Sinhala: අභ්යන්තර දහන එන්ජිම abhyantara dahana enjima
internal combustion engine in Nepali: आन्तरिक दहन इन्जिन āntarik dahan injina
internal combustion engine in Tagalog: loob-liyabing likhisog
internal combustion engine in Arabic: مُحَرِّك اِحْتِرَاق دَاخِلِيّ muḥarrik iḥtirāq dāḵiliyy
internal combustion engine in Malay: enjin pembakaran dalam
internal combustion engine in Indonesian: mesin pembakaran dalam, motor bakar pembakaran dalam
internal combustion engine in Persian: درونسوز, موتور درونسوز
internal combustion engine in Thai: เครื่องยนต์สันดาปภายใน
internal combustion engine in Vietnamese: động cơ đốt trong
internal combustion engine in Myanmar: အတွင်းလောင် အင်ဂျင် a.twang:laung anggyang

Forms of internal combustion engine

plural	internal combustion engines

Words formed from internal combustion engine

internal combustion engined

Questions about internal combustion engine

What does internal combustion engine mean?: Internal combustion engine means a piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
What is internal combustion engine in Hindi?: Internal combustion engine in Hindi is अन्तर्दहन इंजन (antardahan iñjan). See Internal combustion engine meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is internal combustion engine?: Internal combustion engine is a noun.
What is the plural of internal combustion engine?: The plural of internal combustion engine is internal combustion engines.

Words near internal combustion engine in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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