piston engine

English

Noun

piston engine (plural piston engines)

1. Any of several types of engine having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons, in which a crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down within cylinders

Synonyms

• reciprocating engine

Translations

engines having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons

• Catalan: motor d'explosió m
• Dutch: zuigermotor (nl) m
• Finnish: mäntämoottori (fi)
• French: moteur à explosion (fr)
• German: Kolbenmaschinen (de), Kolbenmotor m
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• Italian: motore a pistoni
• Japanese: ピストンエンジン (pisuton'enjin)
• Portuguese: motor de explosão
• Russian: поршнево́й дви́гатель m (poršnevój dvígatelʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 往複式發動機／往复式发动机, ^{(please verify)} 往复式发动机 (wǎngfùshì fādòngjī), ^{(please verify)} 活塞發動機／活塞发动机, ^{(please verify)} 活塞发动机 (huósāi fādòngjī)
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See also

• combustion engine
• rotary engine
• jet engine
• gas turbine