Term: external-combustion engine: a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: metatarsal arch: the short lateral arch formed by the heads of the metatarsals
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: nawab: a governor in India during the Mogul empire
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: hedge: an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: paradisaeidae: birds of paradise
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: gloss: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: mass number: the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: immortality: perpetual life after death
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: usneaceae: fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: quantity: the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: minefield: a region in which explosives mines have been placed