Usually means: Engine where combustion occurs externally.
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  1. external-combustion engine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. external-combustion engine, external-combustion engine: Collins English Dictionary
  3. external-combustion engine: Vocabulary.com
  4. external-combustion engine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. external-combustion engine: Dictionary.com
  6. external-combustion engine: Rhymezone
  7. external-combustion engine: FreeDictionary.org
  8. external-combustion engine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. external-combustion engine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. external-combustion engine: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from WordNet (external-combustion engine)

▸ noun:  a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy


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