"V engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: V engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} V engine (plural V engines)
  1. (automotive) An internal combustion engine configuration consisting of two cylinder banks—usually with the same number of cylinders in each bank—connected to a common crankshaft, and arranged at an angle to each other so as to form a V shape when viewed from the front of the engine. Wikidata QID: Q724736 Hypernyms: piston engine, internal combustion engine, ICE, engine Coordinate_terms: in-line engine, boxer engine Translations (Translations): vidlicový motor [masculine] (Czech), V-motor [masculine] (Dutch), V-moottori (Finnish), V-Motor [masculine] (German), Gabelmotor [masculine] (German), V-motor (Hungarian), silnik widlasty [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), motor en V [masculine] (Spanish), V-motor [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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