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internal combustion engines

internal combustion engines is the plural of internal combustion engine.

Meaning of internal combustion engine

Noun

internal combustion engine (plural internal combustion engines)

  1. A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
  2. 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.

Questions about internal combustion engines

What is internal combustion engines the plural of?
Internal combustion engines is the plural of internal combustion engine.

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