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FOUR-STROKE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
four-stroke engine; four-stroke internal-combustion engine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("four-stroke internal-combustion 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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