Usually means: Engine converting linear motion cyclically.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word reciprocating engine:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. reciprocating engine: Merriam-Webster
  2. reciprocating engine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reciprocating engine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. reciprocating engine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. reciprocating engine: Vocabulary.com
  6. reciprocating engine: Wordnik
  7. reciprocating engine: Wiktionary
  8. reciprocating engine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. reciprocating engine: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Reciprocating engine, reciprocating engine: Dictionary.com
  11. Reciprocating engine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. reciprocating engine: Rhymezone
  13. reciprocating engine: FreeDictionary.org
  14. reciprocating engine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. reciprocating engine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reciprocating engine: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
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▸ noun:  Synonym of piston engine.

Similar:
piston engine, internal combustion engine, connecting rod, cylinder, steam engine, internal-combustion engine, two-stroke, straight engine, piston, rotary engine, more...

Opposite:
rotary engine, turbine engine, electric motor

Types:
Wankel engine, Otto cycle engine, Diesel engine, Slide valve engine, more...

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Similar:
piston engine, internal combustion engine, connecting rod, cylinder, steam engine, internal-combustion engine, two-stroke, straight engine, piston, rotary engine, more...

Opposite:
rotary engine, turbine engine, electric motor

Types:
Wankel engine, Otto cycle engine, Diesel engine, Slide valve engine, more...



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