petrol engine

noun

1. an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel

Example Sentences

Bickerton found many odd jobs to occupy his time in connexion with the petrol-engine and the wireless installations.

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At length the petrol engine stopped; I doubt if we did, though steak and onions now arrived.

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On water, rail, and road the petrol engine has entered into rivalry with steam—very successfully too.

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The petrol-engine, as now used, emits the products of combustion at a high pressure.

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Instead of the electric engine used by the Tissandiers, he employed the small petrol engine out of a motor tricycle.

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