Wan·kel engine (väng k l, wäng-, w ng-)n. A rotary internal-combustion engine in which a triangular rotor turning in a specially shaped housing performs the functions allotted to the pistons of a conventional engine, thereby allowing great savings in weight and moving parts. [After Felix Wankel (1902-1988), German engineer.] |
Wankel engine [ˈwæŋkəl]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a type of four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts. It consists of one or more approximately elliptical combustion chambers within which a curved triangular-shaped piston rotates, by the explosion of compressed gas, dividing the combustion chamber into three gastight sections
[named after Felix Wankel (1902-88), German engineer who invented it]
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| Noun | 1. |  Wankel engine - a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating partsrotary engine - an internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components |
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