Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reciprocating_engine

1 sense of reciprocating engine

Sense 1
reciprocating engine -- (an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders)
       => internal-combustion engine, ICE -- (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)