Meaning Of The Word Stirling engine

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Stirling engine in American English
an external-combustion engine in which the heat released from the burning fuel is transferred to a confined gas, as hydrogen, which activates the pistons
noun: 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 in British English
noun: 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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