free-pis|ton engine

free-pis|ton engine
free-pis|ton engine «FREE PIHS tuhn»,
an internal-combustion engine which has pairs of opposing pistons not connected to a crankshaft. When the two pistons come together after ignition, the exhaust gases are forced out and turn a turbine.

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