"rotary engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rotary engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rotary engine (plural rotary engines)
  1. Any of several types of internal combustion engine in which the power output is directly rotational. Wikipedia link: rotary engine (disambiguation) Related terms: cat-and-mouse engine, eccentric-rotor engine, multi-rotor engine, revolving-block engine, piston engine, jet engine, gas turbine Translations (type of engine): rotatiemotor [masculine] (Dutch), kiertomoottori (Finnish), Umlaufmotor [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-rotary_engine-en-noun-c~5Kd4ek Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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