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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An engine, such as a steam engine, in which the fuel is burned outside the engine cylinder.
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- noun a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy
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