Development of an Automotive Engine

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering the basic components, types, and technological developments of automotive engines as described in the lecture notes.

Automotive Engine

An engine specifically designed to power motor vehicles, such as cars, trucks, buses, and vans, which converts fuel into mechanical power to move a vehicle.

Steam engine

One of the early engine types mentioned in the historical progression toward modern automotive engines.

Electric engine

One of the early forms of engines mentioned alongside steam and internal combustion in the development of vehicle power.

Internal combustion engine

An engine type that served as the basis for the evolution into modern gasoline and diesel automotive engines.

Gasoline engine

A modern engine type that represents the evolution of internal combustion technology.

Diesel engine

A modern version of the internal combustion engine used in current automotive development.

Cylinder

A basic engine component identified as a fundamental part of the automotive engine structure.

Piston

A basic engine component listed among the essential hardware of an automotive engine.

Crankshaft

A basic engine component that plays a key role in the mechanical performance of a vehicle engine.

Valves

Basic engine components listed as part of the primary assembly of an automotive engine.

Camshaft

A basic engine component that is critical to the operation and role of the engine's internal systems.

Fuel injection

An advance in engine technology cited as a significant development in the evolution of modern automotive performance.