- Wan|kel engine
- 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]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.