FOUR-CYCLE


Meaning of FOUR-CYCLE in English

/fawr"suy'keuhl, fohr"-/ , adj.

noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which a complete cycle in each cylinder requires four strokes, one to draw in air or an air-fuel mixture, one to compress it, one to ignite it and do work, and one to scavenge the cylinder.

Also, four-stroke . Cf. two-cycle .

[ 1905-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .