piston-stroke
91suction stroke — noun : the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine that effects the drawing in of the gaseous mixture to the engine cylinder …
92power stroke — noun the stage of the cycle of an internal combustion engine in which the piston is driven outward by the expansion of gases …
93two-stroke — adjective denoting an internal combustion engine having its power cycle completed in one up and down movement of the piston …
94induction stroke — /ɪnˈdʌkʃən stroʊk/ (say in dukshuhn strohk) noun the inward movement of the piston in a reciprocating engine which draws the combustible charge into the cylinder …
95twin-piston engine — An obsolete two stroke engine design featuring two cylinder barrels plus two pistons per cylinder; the pistons are linked to the crankshaft via a forked con rod or a master/slave con rod assembly …
96Connecting rod — piston (top) and connecting rod from typical automotive engine (scale is in centimetres) In a reciprocating piston engine, the connecting rod or conrod connects the piston to the crank or crankshaft. Together with the crank, they form a simple… …
97gasoline engine — Most widely used form of internal combustion engine, found in most automobiles and many other vehicles. Gasoline engines vary significantly in size, weight per unit of power generated, and arrangement of components. The principal type is the… …
98Crankshaft — For other uses, see Crankshaft (disambiguation). Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray) in their cylinders (blue), and flywheel (black) The crankshaft, sometimes casually abbreviated to crank, is the part of an engine which translates reciprocating… …
99Compression ratio — For compression ratio in data compression, see data compression ratio. The compression ratio of an internal combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber from its… …
100Bourke engine — The Bourke Engine was designed by Russell Bourke in the 1920s, as an improved two stroke engine. Despite finishing his design and building several working engines, the onset of World War II, lack of test results,[1] and the poor health of his… …
