V-type engine

[ vee-tahyp ]

noun

, Automotive.

1. an engine having the cylinders aligned in two banks at an angle to each other, forming a V .

V-type engine

noun

1. a type of internal-combustion engine having two cylinder blocks attached to a single crankcase, the angle between the two blocks forming a V

Example Sentences

The Anzani is a fixed cylinder engine used on training machines, while the Renault is a V-type engine made in eight- and twelve-cylinder V forms that has been used on reconnaissance and bombing airplanes with success.

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These particular machines were fitted with a high powered V-type engine, made by a firm which is famous as manufacturers of automobiles de luxe.

From Project Gutenberg

A twelve-cylinder V-type engine illustrated, is also being built by this company, similar in dimensions of cylinders to the six.

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