Internal combustion engine

Definition

An internal combustion engine is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

Source of Definition: Wikipedia
Fig. 1. Engine of 2007 Volkswagen Golf R32
By The Car Spy (2007 Volkswagen Golf R32) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
TermTypeLanguageUsageTerm DomainSource of TermContextAnnotations
internal combustion engineFull Form en-GB
preferred
motorFull Form en-GB
admitted
VerbrennungsmotorFull Form de-DE
preferred
MotorFull Form de-DE
deprecated