Meanings
nounStirling engine (plural Stirling engines)
plural Stirling engines
- A heat engine of the external combustion piston engine type.
Origin
Named for inventors Rev. Robert Stirling and his brother James Stirling.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan motor Stirling
- motor Stirlingtype of heat engine
Finnish stirlingmoottori
- stirlingmoottoritype of heat engine
French moteur Stirling
- moteur Stirlingtype of heat engine
German Stirlingmotor
- Stirlingmotortype of heat engine
Polish silnik Stirlinga
- silnik Stirlingatype of heat engine
Spanish motor Stirling
- motor Stirlingtype of heat engine
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Stirling engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stirling%20engine
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“Stirling engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stirling%20engine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stirling engine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stirling%20engine.
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