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Stirling engine
noun
- 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
- 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 )
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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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