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Stirling engine

(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) an external-combustion engine that uses air or an inert gas as the working fluid operating on a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle (the Stirling cycle)

[named after Robert Stirling (1790-1878), Scottish minister who invented it]

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Stirling engine (redirected from Stierling engine)

Stirling engine
(redirected from Stierling engine)