four-stroke cycle

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four-stroke cycle [¦fȯr ¦strōk ′sī·kəl]

(mechanical engineering)

An internal combustion engine cycle completed in four piston strokes; includes a suction stroke, compression stroke, expansion stroke, and exhaust stroke.

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No references found			either the four-stroke cycle or the two-stroke cycle. Marine Diesel Engine Maintenance by Alison Stevens / Travel, recreation and leisure community Diesels operate on a two-or four-stroke cycle and, in the former, fresh air is blown into the cylinder and burned gas is driven out as the piston passes the exhaust point. Medium-sized ship's steam by Hooton, E.R. / Armada International The Scuderi split cycle engine keeps the conventional four-stroke cycle and the components that make up a normal engine with some modifications. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Scuderi Group for Its Innovative Split ... by Business Wire			four-layer device four-layer diode four-layer transistor four-leaf four-leaved flower four-level laser four-limbed core four-o'clock four-over-four four-part vault four-phase modulation four-pi counter four-piece butt match four-piece butt matching four-piece set four-plus-one address four-point four-point bearing four-pole double-throw Four-Power Pact of 1933 Four-Power Treaty four-quadrant multiplier four-square house four-square plan four-stroke four-stroke cycle four-tape Four-Terminal Network four-track tape four-vector four-vector potential four-velocity four-way dip four-way reinforcement four-way reinforcing four-way switch four-way valve four-wheel drive four-wire circuit four-wire line four-wire repeater four-wire subscriber line four-wire terminating set Four-Year Sejm Four11 fourable fourable board Fourastie, Jean Fourastié, Jean fourble Fourcault process			four-pole double-throw four-poster four-poster bed four-poster beds four-poster orthosis four-posters four-pounder Four-Power Pact of 1933 Four-Power Treaty four-pronged four-quadrant multiplier Four-Quadrant Phase Mask Four-Resonator Filter four-round illumination diamond four-seater four-sided four-spot Four-square four-square house four-square plan four-star Four-star general four-stitch interrupted suture Four-stroke Four-stroke four-stroke cycle Four-stroke Diesel cycle four-stroke engine four-stroke engine four-stroke internal-combustion engine four-stroke ruffs four-stroke ruffs Four-Stroke Singles National Owners Club four-strokes four-strokes four-tailed bandage four-tailed bandage four-tape Four-Terminal Network Four-Thirds System four-three-two-one rule four-track tape Four-Trails Four-Valued Probabilistic Datalog Four-vector four-vector potential Four-vectors Four-velocity Four-wave mixing Four-Wave Parametric Oscillation four-way Four-way Box Four-way cock four-way cross

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