four-cycle

noun

Any four-stroke cycle, such as the Otto cycle, for an internal combustion engine.

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Meanings

nounfour-cycle (plural four-cycles)

plural four-cycles

  1. Any four-stroke cycle, such as the Otto cycle, for an internal combustion engine.

    […] well-known automobiles will be fitted with two-cycle engines, whereas they are now equipped with four-cycles.

    1862, Gas Engine, volume 6, page 362
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