Usually means: Rotary engine with eccentric design.
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  1. Wankel engine, Wankel engine: Merriam-Webster
  2. Wankel engine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Wankel engine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Wankel engine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Wankel engine: Vocabulary.com
  6. Wankel engine: Wiktionary
  7. Wankel engine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Wankel engine: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. wankel engine: Dictionary.com
  10. Wankel Engine, Wankel engine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Wankel engine: Rhymezone
  12. wankel engine: FreeDictionary.org
  13. wankel engine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Wankel engine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Wankel engine)

▸ noun:  A rotary internal combustion engine, without pistons, using instead an epitrochoid-shaped housing.

Similar:
epitrochoidal engine, wankel rotary engine, W engine, pancake engine, engine turning, blisk, water engine, heart wheel, crate engine, eolipile, more...

Opposite:
piston engine

Phrases:
wankel rotary engine, Mazda Wankel engine, Wankel Diesel engine, more...

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Similar:
epitrochoidal engine, wankel rotary engine, W engine, pancake engine, engine turning, blisk, water engine, heart wheel, crate engine, eolipile, more...

Opposite:
piston engine

Phrases:
wankel rotary engine, Mazda Wankel engine, Wankel Diesel engine, more...



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