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Inline engine

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An inline engine is an internal-combustion engine with cylinders aligned in one or several rows.

The term is ambiguous.

In automomotive the term 'inline' is mainly used to describe straight engines.

In aviation the term is widely used in opposition to radial engines, as well as straight engines, and V engines.