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FOUR-STROKE ENGINE

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• FOUR-STROKE ENGINE (noun)
The noun FOUR-STROKE ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke

Familiarity information: FOUR-STROKE ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.

• FOUR-STROKE ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

four-stroke engine; four-stroke internal-combustion engine

Hypernyms ("four-stroke engine" is a kind of...):

ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)

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