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an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase

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  1. n. an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase
  2. An engine, usually an internal-combustion engine of a certain type (the radial type) having several cylinders arranged radially like the spokes of a complete wheel. The semiradial engine has radiating cylinders on only one side of the crank shaft.
  3. An engine, usually an internal-combustion engine of a certaintype (the radial type) having several cylinders arranged radiallylike the spokes of a complete wheel. The semiradial engine hasradiating cylinders on only one side of the crank shaft.