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Brennkammer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cylinder noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.

Senses

Brennkammer is used for these senses in English:

  • combustion chamber An enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.
  • cylinder A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.

cylinder — full definition

  1. noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.
  2. noun The chamber in an engine in which a piston moves back and forth.
  3. noun A container shaped like a tube used to hold pressurized gas.

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