external-combustion

[ ik-stur-nl-kuhm-buhs-chuhn ]

/ ɪkˈstɜr nl kəmˈbʌs tʃən /

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noting or pertaining to an engine, as a steam engine, in which fuel ignition takes place outside the cylinder, turbine, or the like, in which heat energy is transformed into mechanical force.

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Words nearby external-combustion

external auditory meatus, external capsule, external carotid nerve, external carotid plexus, external carotid steal syndrome, external-combustion, external-combustion engine, external conflict, external conjugate, external degree, external ear

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While preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation.
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The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
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However useful they might be for external purposes, they will always be dangerous internally.
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He wants to know every external detail, even if the escape is ultimately to be shot on a sound stage.
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After all, the Prince of necessity had to focus on defeating his external enemies.
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She had expected personality, magnetism, as a compensation for nature's external economies.
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However, she was not seeking refreshment or help from any source, either external or from within.
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In a strict sense, of course, no child's drawing is absolutely spontaneous and independent of external stimulus and guidance.
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Lombard Street has thus shown that it has fully learnt the only lesson that the external side of the crisis had to teach it.
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Lost as he was to most external things, Hugh roused himself to some surprise at the name of the hotel.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson

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