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Wankel|ˈwæ-, ˈvæŋkəl|
The name of Felix Wankel (1902–88), German engineer, used attrib. and absol. to designate a kind of rotary internal-combustion engine that he invented in which an approximately triangular, eccentrically pivoted shaft rotates continuously in a chamber with its corners touching the walls, so forming three combustion spaces that vary in volume as it turns. Also Comb.
1961Engineering 19 May 682/1 Many other people have felt that something to replace the conventional engine is needed and a promising design to rear its head has been the Wankel engine. 1966E. Rudinger Consumer's Car Gloss. 120 The Wankel engine is much smaller than a conventional engine with a similar power output, and runs more smoothly. 1967Economist 2 Sept. 811/1 The motor industry has waited a long time for the first car in production to use the wankel rotary engine. Now the small German manufacturer, NSU, has got there with the Ro 80. Ibid. 811/2 Will the wankel be enough to sustain NSU as an independent motor company, or will NSU one day have to close ranks further with Citroen? 1970Guardian 10 Nov. 11/5 Citroën..has built and sold 500 Wankel engined cars. 1972Sci. Amer. Aug. 17/3 Since the Wankel has no valves, it does not need a camshaft, valve lifters and so on, and it requires no more than two spark plugs per rotor. 1979Motorcycling Manual (Motorcycling Monthly) 6/1 Apart from the few Wankel⁓engined bikes..all current machines have either two-stroke or four-stroke piston engines. |