combustion engine

noun

: an engine that derives its motive force from the energy of combustion

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The minivan does have a combustion engine at the front which sends power to the car’s electric motors and battery, which also juices up the drone. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 The party’s platform calls for rigid asylum laws, mass deportations, cuts to social and welfare support in Germany, and the reversal of restrictions on combustion engine vehicles. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025 The company plans to eventually implement this technology across both electric and combustion engine vehicles in future. Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 Honda has just dropped a revolutionary large-capacity V3 combustion engine at EICMA, with an electric supercharger. New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for combustion engine 

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of combustion engine was in 1886

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“Combustion engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combustion%20engine. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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