单词 | stirling engine |
释义 | Stirling enginenounan external-combustion engine in which heat from outside the cylinders causes air confined in the cylinders to expand and drive the pistons. Origin of Stirling engine1895–1900; after Robert Stirling (died 1878), Scottish engineer Words nearby Stirling enginestir-crazy, stir-fried, stir-fry, stirk, Stirling, Stirling engine, Stirling's formula, Stirlingshire, stirp, stirpiculture, stirps Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Stirling engineStirling engine nounan external-combustion engine that uses air or an inert gas as the working fluid operating on a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle (the Stirling cycle) Word Origin for Stirling enginenamed after Robert Stirling (1790–1878), Scottish minister who invented it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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