piston engine

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 Chinese: Mandarin: 活塞發動機／活塞发动机 (huósāi fādòngjī), 往復式發動機／往复式发动机 (wǎngfùshì fādòngjī) Danish: stempelmotor c Dutch: zuigermotor (nl) m Finnish: mäntämoottori (fi) French: moteur à explosion (fr) German: Kolbenmaschinen (de), Kolbenmotor m 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) Swedish: kolvmotor (sv) c

See also

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