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Wankel engine definition

Wan·kel engine (waŋ′kəl; Ger väŋ′-)

a rotary internal-combustion engine having a three-lobed rotor and requiring fewer parts than a comparable piston-operated engine: it is less efficient and less powerful than reciprocating engines

Etymology: after Felix Wankel (1902-88), Ger engineer and inventor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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