rotary engine

English Thesaurus

1. an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	ice, internal-combustion engine, ice, internal-combustion engine,
definition	:	a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine (noun.artifact)

2. an internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	turbine,
definition	:	rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	epitrochoidal engine, wankel engine, wankel rotary engine,
definition	:	a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts (noun.artifact)