See Also: Wankel(dictionary)
Wankel, Felix(encyclopedia)

Wankel (iou)



Wankel noun. M20.
[Felix Wankel (1902-88), German engineer and inventor.]
In full Wankel rotary engine, Wankel engine. A rotary internal-combustion engine in which a curved, triangular, eccentrically pivoted piston rotates in an elliptical chamber, forming three combustion spaces that vary in volume as it turns.