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wankel engine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
wankel engine
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rotary internal combustion engine, without pistons, using instead a triangular rotor in an epitrochoid-shaped housing.

Etymology

From the name of the inventor, engineer Felix Wankel.

Inflected Forms

Wankel engines (plural)

Synonyms

wankel rotary engine epitrochoidal engine

Questions

What does wankel engine mean?
A rotary internal combustion engine, without pistons, using instead a triangular rotor in an epitrochoid-shaped housing.
Where does wankel engine come from?
From the name of the inventor, engineer Felix Wankel.

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