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Lenoir engine

Lenoir engine noun: an internal combustion engine that burned a mixture of coal gas and air ignited by a "jumping sparks" ignition system by Ruhmkorff coil.

Noun

Lenoir engine (plural Lenoir engines)

  1. (historical) An internal combustion engine that burned a mixture of coal gas and air ignited by a "jumping sparks" ignition system by Ruhmkorff coil.

Forms of Lenoir engine

pluralLenoir engines

Origin of Lenoir engine

Invented by the Belgian-French engineer Étienne Lenoir.

Questions about Lenoir engine

What does Lenoir engine mean?
Lenoir engine means an internal combustion engine that burned a mixture of coal gas and air ignited by a "jumping sparks" ignition system by Ruhmkorff coil.
What part of speech is Lenoir engine?
Lenoir engine is a noun.
What is the plural of Lenoir engine?
The plural of Lenoir engine is Lenoir engines.

Words near Lenoir engine in the dictionary

  1. lenocinium
  2. lenograstim
  3. lenoi
  4. Lenoir
  5. Lenoir County
  6. Lenoir engine
  7. Lenoir engines
  8. Lenoirs
  9. lenok
  10. lenoks
  11. Lenon

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