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gas engine

Summary

gas engine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gas engine is a type of internal combustion engine[2].
  • gas engine's Commons category is recorded as Gas engines[3].
  • gas engine's source of energy is recorded as fuel gas[4].
  • gas engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gas engines[5].
  • gas engine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • gas engine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • gas engine's different from is recorded as gasoline engine[8].

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Definition and Type

gas engine is a type of internal combustion engine[2].

Why It Matters

gas engine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Source of energy → fuel gas
    Topic's main category → Category:Gas engines
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24549, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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