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InternalCombustionEngine
InternalCombustionEngine is the subclass of Engines in which a heat reaction that occurs inside the engine is transformed into mechanical energy.
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Parents Engine Engine is a subclass of Transducer. Engines are devices for converting some form of energy resource into mechanical power.
Children ContinuousCombustionEngineAn Engine, such as used in a Rocket where Combustion is continuous, rather than intermittent, as in a modern automobile gas engine.
 DieselEngineDieselEngine is the subclass of InternalCombustionEngines that use DieselFuel as their resource.
 GasolineEngineGasolineEngine is the subclass of InternalCombustionEngines that use Gasoline as their resource.
 IntermittentCombustionEngineAn Engine, such as found in a modern Automobile, in which Combustion is not continuous, as in a Rocket, but rather a rapid series of small Explosions.
 TurbineAn Engine which converts the kinetic energy of a moving Liquid (typically Water) into mechanical energy.


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