V-EIGHT


Meaning of V-EIGHT in English

/vee"ayt"/ , adj.

1. noting an internal-combustion engine having two opposed banks of four cylinders, each inclined so that the axes of the cylinders form a V-shaped angle as seen from the end of the engine.

n.

2. such an engine.

Also, V-8 .

[ 1945-50 ]

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