four-cycle
71four-stroking — noun A type of abnormal operation of a two stroke internal combustion engine where the cylinder only fires every second cycle (like a four stroke engine does). This occurs when the exhaust scavenging and inlet charging leaves a mixture in the… …
72four noble truths — The four great truths of Buddhism . The first says that all existence is afflicted with suffering. The second truth identifies desire, thirst, or craving as the source of suffering, that binds beings to the cycle of existence (samsara ). The… …
73four-stroke — adjective denoting an internal combustion engine having a cycle of four strokes (intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust) …
74four-stroking — A two stroke engine which is running faultily as it fires only on every second cycle …
75One-stroke cycle — A One stroke cycle is a two stroke cycle that uses a double acting piston; and thus both strokes are powered, and each stroke is half of two two stroke cycles.Fact|date=October 2007 A design patented by Russell Bourke has two pistons on one rod… …
76two-cycle — /tooh suy keuhl/, adj. noting or pertaining to an internal combustion engine in which two strokes are required to complete a cycle (two stroke cycle), one to admit and compress air or an air fuel mixture and one to ignite fuel, do work, and… …
77Calippic cycle — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …
78Metonic cycle — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …
79Solar cycle — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …
80otto cycle — Four stroke cycle consisting of the intake, compression, firing, and exhaust strokes, in honor of Otto Benz, the inventor. Also see four stroke cycle engine. It was named after the German engineer Dr. Nikolaus Otto (1832 1891) who first patented… …
