Stirling-engine
noun
1.
an external-combustion engine in which heat from outside the cylinders causes air confined in the cylinders to expand and drive the pistons.
Stirling engine
noun
1.
an external-combustion engine that uses air or an inert gas as the working fluid operating on a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle (the Stirling cycle)
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