Wan|kel

Wan|kel
Wan|kel engine, or Wan|kel «WANG kuhl; German VAHN kuhl», noun.
an internal-combustion engine in which the difference in shape of a triangular rotor revolving within a cylinder makes firing chambers that replace conventional pistons and cylinders: »

Compared to like-rated conventional engines, the Wankel is 30-50% lighter and smaller,…operates on nonleaded fuel, and is very responsive to antipollution devices (Frank A. Smith).

[< Felix Wankel, born 1902, a German engineer, who invented it]

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