Wankel engine

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Wankel engine

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From the name of the inventor, engineer Felix Wankel.

noun Wankel engines

A rotary internal combustion engine, without pistons, using instead a triangular rotor in an epitrochoid-shaped housing.

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noun type of engine

Español	motor Wankel
Português	motor rotativo
Français	moteur Wankel
Deutsch	Wankelmotor

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@misc{wankel_engine_2026,
  title = {Wankel engine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wankel%20engine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}