Meanings
nounWankel engine (plural Wankel engines)
plural Wankel engines
- A rotary internal combustion engine, without pistons, using instead a triangular rotor in an epitrochoid-shaped housing.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts
Similar
Wankel rotary engineepitrochoidal engine
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the name of the inventor, engineer Felix Wankel.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan motor Wankel
- motor Wankeltype of engine
Dutch wankelmotor
- wankelmotortype of engine
Finnish wankelmoottori
- wankelmoottoritype of engine
French moteur Wankel
- moteur Wankeltype of engine
German Wankelmotor
- Wankelmotortype of engine
Portuguese motor rotativo
- motor rotativotype of engine
Spanish motor Wankel
- motor Wankeltype of engine
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APA
Wankel engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wankel%20engine
MLA
“Wankel engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wankel%20engine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wankel engine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wankel%20engine.
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