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wankel engine

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wankel engine

Main Entry: Wan·kel engine

Pronunciation: \ˈväŋ-kəl-, ˈwaŋ-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Felix Wankel †1988 German engineer

Date: 1961

: an internal combustion rotary engine that has a rounded triangular rotor functioning as a piston and rotating in a space in the engine and that has only two major moving parts

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