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RECIPROCATING ENGINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("reciprocating engine" is a kind of...):
ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)
Meronyms (parts of "reciprocating engine"):
crankcase (housing for a crankshaft)
crankshaft (a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank)
block; cylinder block; engine block (a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine)
piston; plunger (mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion)
