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Reciprocating engine   /rɪsˈɪprəkˌeɪtɪŋ ˈɛndʒən/   Listen
Reciprocating engine

noun
1.
An internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders.






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"Reciprocating engine" Quotes from Famous Books



... cylinder some other surface of evolution is employed as an integrating surface, then special integrations can be effected. He showed a polar planimeter in which the integrating surface is a sphere. A special use of these integrators is for finding the total work done by a fluid pressure reciprocating engine. The difference of pressure on the two sides of the piston determines the tangent of the inclination of the tangent wheel which runs on the integrating cylinder; while the motion of the latter is made to keep time with that of the piston. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 • Various



Words linked to "Reciprocating engine" :   block, crankshaft, plunger, engine block, internal-combustion engine, crankcase, ice, cylinder block, piston



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