Wankel engine
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USING AN ECCENTRIC ROTARY DESIGN IN PLACE OF PISTONS
Wankel rotary engine; Wankel rotary; Wankle rotary engine; Wankle engine; Wankell engine; Wankel Engine; Wankel Rotary Engine; Wenkel Rotary Engine; Wankel Rotary-Engines; Wankel rotor engine; Wankel rotary engines
['wa?k(?)l, 'va?-]
¦ noun a rotary internal-combustion engine in which a curvilinear, triangular, eccentrically pivoted piston rotates in an elliptical chamber, forming three combustion spaces that vary in volume as it turns.
Origin
1960s: named after the German engineer Felix Wankel.