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noun
A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
Clipping of hemisphere.
