internal combustion engine
noun
: a heat engine in which the combustion that generates the heat takes place inside the engine proper instead of in a furnace
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The previous Countryman was available with the brand's only plug-in hybrid powertrain, but Mini now only offers the Countryman with either an internal combustion engine or as a full battery electric vehicle.
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ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
This past fall, registrations in Norway of private electric cars outnumbered internal combustion engine cars for the first time.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2025
About 55,000 pounds of CO2 come from an internal combustion engine each year.
—Rob Lewallen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
To that end, Cadillac at least ramps up the sound deadening to improve NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) that an internal combustion engine might otherwise drown out.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
This past fall, registrations in Norway of private electric cars outnumbered internal combustion engine cars for the first time.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2025
About 55,000 pounds of CO2 come from an internal combustion engine each year.
—Rob Lewallen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
To that end, Cadillac at least ramps up the sound deadening to improve NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) that an internal combustion engine might otherwise drown out.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Internal combustion engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internal%20combustion%20engine. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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