"internal combustion" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} internal combustion (uncountable)
  1. The process where fuel is burned within an engine such as a diesel engine, producing power directly as opposed to externally such as in a steam engine. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: internal combustion engine Translations (process where fuel is burned within an engine): 內燃 (Chinese Mandarin), 内燃 (nèirán) (Chinese Mandarin), poltto (see polttomoottori) (Finnish), interne Verbrennung [feminine] (German), εσωτερική καύση (esoterikí káfsi) [feminine] (Greek), combustie internă [feminine] (Romanian), ardere internă [feminine] (Romanian), вну́треннее сгора́ние (vnútrenneje sgoránije) [neuter] (Russian), combustión interna [feminine] (Spanish), loob-liyab (Tagalog), nifilükam (Volapük)
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