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four-stroke en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a design of internal combustion engine in which the pistons perform four strokes per engine cycle: intake, compression, power, exhaust.
   • This motorbike has a four-stroke engine.
   • This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers. 1958 June 14, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393:

Deriveds

four-stroke engine

Relateds

two-stroke

four-stroke en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A four-stroke engine.
2. A vehicle or machine powered by a four-stroke engine.

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