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Stirling engine

(stʉr′liŋ)

an external-combustion engine in which the heat released from the burning fuel is transferred to a confined gas, as hydrogen, which activates the pistons

Origin: after R. Stirling (1790-1878), Scot engineer who developed the operating principle

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