Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

internal combustion engine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-nal -com-bus-tion engine
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.

noun

A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.

Inflected Forms

internal combustion engines (plural)

Phrases

internal combustion engined internal combustion

Frequently Paired Words

internal combustion

Questions

What does internal combustion engine mean?
A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.

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