Can someone explain how a car engine works?
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Suck, squeeze, bang, blow.
You ingest (suck) and compress (squeeze) a mixture of fuel and air in a confined space, you ignite it (bang) and allow the high-pressure gases to push against a piston, converting thermal energy to mechanical work to turn the wheels, then you expel (blow) the gases out of the cylinder so as to reset the cyclic system and allow the process to happen again.
Throw multiple piston-cylinders together into one engine block, and have that engine go through the suck-squeeze-bang-blow process thousands of times per minute per cylinder.
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