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air engine
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air engine
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1. (Engineering / General Engineering) an engine that uses the expansion of heated air to drive a piston
2. (Engineering / General Engineering) a small engine that uses compressed air to drive a piston
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pdf Automakernot blowing smoke about compressed-air vehicles Too soon to tell whether Tata Motors has an environmental winner on its hands, but the Indian car manufacturer has agreed to begin producing a vehicle that runs on compressed air based on a deceptively simple design by French inventor Guy Negre.
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