radial engine

radial engine

n. An internal-combustion engine, formerly used in propeller-driven aircraft, with cylinders arranged radially around the crankshaft.

radial engine

n (Mechanical Engineering) an internal-combustion engine having a number of cylinders arranged about a central crankcase

ra′dial en′gine

n. an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.

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radial engine - an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcaserotary engineinternal-combustion engine, ICE - a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine