Noun rotary engine has 2 senses
  1. rotary engine - an internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components
    --1 is a kind of
    internal-combustion engine, ICE
    --1 has particulars:
     turbine; Wankel engine, Wankel rotary engine, epitrochoidal engine
  2. radial engine, rotary engine - an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase
    --2 is a kind of internal-combustion engine, ICE
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