EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION


Meaning of EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION in English

/ik sterr"nl keuhm bus"cheuhn/ , adj.

noting or pertaining to an engine, as a steam engine, in which fuel ignition takes place outside the cylinder, turbine, or the like, in which heat energy is transformed into mechanical force.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .