Noun
combustion engine (plural combustion engines)
an engine that uses the combustion of fuel to create work (movement)
Holding back technology to reserve business models is like allowing blacksmiths to veto the internal combustion engine in order to protect their horseshoes. Don Tapscott
I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power. Gaylord Nelson
The biggest misfortune in human history is the invention of the combustion engine. Cars and airplanes diminish the world, rob it of all its diversity. Young men who meet me want to know how they could do what I've done. But all they can be is tourists now. Wilfred Thesiger
I have always considered that the substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind. Winston Churchill
Advancement Continuance of the use of the internal combustion engine for automobiles is partly due to the improvement of engine control systems (onboard computers providing engine management processes, and electronically controlled fuel injection). Source: Internet
An automobile powered by an internal combustion engine may make use of various motors and pumps, but ultimately all such devices derive their power from the engine. Source: Internet