FOUR-STROKE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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)

Credits