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radial engine
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radial engine
n.
An internal-combustion engine, formerly used in propeller-driven aircraft, with cylinders arranged radially around the crankshaft.

radial engine
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) an internal-combustion engine having a number of cylinders arranged about a central crankcase
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Noun1.radial engine - an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcaseradial engine - an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase
internal-combustion engine, ICE - 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


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His version will be powered by jet turboprops, for example, instead of radial engines.
The firm was also working on the repair and overhaul of its Leonides nine-cylinder radial engines.
Radial engines would be the norm in naval aircraft for years to come.
 
 
 
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