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Hesselman engine
[ hes-uhl-muhn ]
noun
- a low-compression oil engine requiring a spark for ignition.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hesselman engine1
After Swedish engineer Knut Jonas Elias Hesselman (1877–1957), its inventor
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