RECIPROCATING ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reciprocating engine mean? 

• RECIPROCATING ENGINE (noun)
  The noun RECIPROCATING ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders

  Familiarity information: RECIPROCATING ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECIPROCATING ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders

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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)