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Stirling engine

noun

  1. an external-combustion engine in which heat from outside the cylinders causes air confined in the cylinders to expand and drive the pistons.


Stirling engine

noun

  1. an external-combustion engine that uses air or an inert gas as the working fluid operating on a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle (the Stirling cycle )
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Stirling engine1

1895–1900; after Robert Stirling (died 1878), Scottish engineer
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Stirling engine1

named after Robert Stirling (1790–1878), Scottish minister who invented it

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