piston-stroke
71exhaust stroke — The fourth stroke of a four stroke cycle where the piston moves upward from bottom dead center to top dead center and pushes the burned exhaust gases out of the cylinder …
72induction stroke — A British term for the intake stroke, i.e., the phase of the 4 stroke cycle during which the intake valve is open and the piston descends from TDC to BDC, drawing air (in a diesel engine) or an air/fuel mixture (in a spark ignition engine) into… …
73two-stroke — UK US adjective a two stroke engine is one in which the piston moves up and down once each time power is produced Thesaurus: engines and describing engineshyponym general words for machinery and equipmenthypernym …
74charging piston — In a two stroke engine, this is a secondary piston which precompresses the fresh charge and sends it into the cylinders …
75stepped piston — An obsolete design of two stroke pistons; the diameter of the lower part of the piston was larger than the top diameter; it ran in a similarly stepped bore and was said to give better compression of the incoming mixture …
76two-stroke — [to͞o′strōk′] adj. designating or having to do with an internal combustion engine in which a complete fuel cycle in a cylinder requires only two piston strokes * * * …
77four-stroke engine — n an engine that works with two up and down movements of a ↑piston …
78exhaust stroke — The fourth stroke in a reciprocating engine in which the piston is moving away from the crankshaft and the exhaust valve is open to permit expulsion of burned gases …
79variable-stroke fuel pump — A type of high pressure pump normally used in the fuel system and sometimes in the hydraulic system, whose output can be varied, as required. This is done by varying the stroke of the piston by altering the swash plate angle. Also known as a… …
80four-stroke — adjective a four stroke engine works with two up and down movements of a piston …
