internal combustion engine

engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber
Thing engine_class Q12757
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internal combustion engine

Summary

internal combustion engine is an engine class[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of engine_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,868 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • internal combustion engine is credited with the discovery of Rudolf Diesel[3].
  • internal combustion engine is credited with the discovery of Nicolaus Otto[4].
  • internal combustion engine's instance of is recorded as engine class[5].
  • internal combustion engine is a type of combustion engine[6].
  • internal combustion engine's Commons category is recorded as Internal combustion engines[7].
  • internal combustion engine's said to be the same as is recorded as explosion motor[8].
  • internal combustion engine is the opposite of external combustion engine[9].
  • internal combustion engine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1924[10].
  • internal combustion engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Internal combustion engine[11].
  • internal combustion engine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • internal combustion engine's has effect is recorded as air pollution[13].
  • internal combustion engine's has characteristic is recorded as combustion[14].
  • internal combustion engine's short name is recorded as ICE[15].
  • internal combustion engine's properties for this type is recorded as P1210[16].
  • internal combustion engine's uses is recorded as motor fuel[17].
  • internal combustion engine's has part is recorded as internal combustion engine component[18].
  • internal combustion engine's produced sound is recorded as engine noise[19].
  • internal combustion engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[20].
  • internal combustion engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • internal combustion engine's P14541 is recorded as 3idX9P[22].
  • internal combustion engine's P14717 is recorded as internal combustion engine[23].
  • internal combustion engine's P14870 is recorded as ont00000394[24].

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Definition and Type

internal combustion engine's instance of is recorded as engine class[5]. It is a type of combustion engine[6]. It is the opposite of external combustion engine[9].

Why It Matters

internal combustion engine ranks in the top 8% of engine_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,868 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000394
    P14717 → internal combustion engine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00000394"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3idX9P
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → vidaus-degimo-variklis
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004000-spalovaci-motory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004000-spalovaci-motory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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