four-stroke engine

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   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

   Synonymsfour-stroke internal-combustion engine

   Broaderinternal-combustion engine

Questions about four-stroke engine

What does four-stroke engine mean?

four-stroke engine means "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".

What is another word for four-stroke engine?

Close synonyms include four-stroke internal-combustion engine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.