four-stroke

[ fawr-strohk, fohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Machinery.

four-stroke

relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine in which the piston makes four strokes for every explosion US and Canadian namefour-cycle Compare two-stroke

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First recorded in 1895–1900

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The principle of the "four-stroke-cycle" is shown in Figs. 220 to 223.

Inventor of the four-stroke engine applied in the automotive industry.

A 3-cylinder two-stroke cycle engine therefore has the same capacity to do work as a 6-cylinder four-stroke cycle engine.

The majority of petrol engines operate upon what is known as the four-stroke principle.

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