opposed engine

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opposed engine [ə′pōzd ′en·jən]

(mechanical engineering)

A reciprocating engine having the pistons on opposite sides of the crankshaft, with the piston strokes on each side working in a direction opposite to the direction of the strokes on the other side.

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No references found			It's a horizontally opposed engine -- meaning the cylinders are arranged in two banks opposite each other. BIG FUN COMES ... IN A SMALL PACKAGE REDESIGNED IMPREZA IMPRESSES ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Costing from pounds 28,995, the Tribeca has a three-litre 245bhp six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine, five-speed automatic gearbox and full-time symmetrical all-wheel drive. Safety comes first with Volvo and Subaru SUVs by Birmingham Mail (England) The reason, as Holscher explains, is that though the crankshaft height on a horizontally opposed engine is lower than that of a "V," the exhaust components hang below the bottom of the block, inhibiting the engine from being mounted as low as possible. Fuel cells, C[O.sub.2] & composite supercars: the scene in Stuttgart: ... by Automotive Design & Production			Oppenheim, James Oppenheimer Oppenheimer, J Robert Oppenheimer, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jane M. Oppenheimer, Josef Süss Oppenheimer-Phillips reaction Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit Opper, Frederick Burr Oppian Oppidum Oppland Oppolzer, Theodor Von opponent Opponent Games opponent-colors theory Opportunism Opportunistic infections opportunistic microorganism opportunistic species Opportunity opportunity cost Opportunity Management System opportunity school opposable opposed engine opposed-blade damper opposing wind Opposite opposite rays opposite side opposite tide opposite vertices oppositely congruent figures Opposition Opposition Between City and Countryside Opposition Between Mental and Physical Labor opposition, square Oprichnina Oprishki OPROM Ops OPS5 OPS83 OPSEC opsonic action opsonic index Opsonin opsonize Opsware opt-in			opportunus opposability opposability opposable opposable Opposable thumb Opposable thumb Opposable thumb Opposable thumb Opposable thumbs Opposable thumbs Opposable thumbs Opposable thumbs Opposal oppose oppose oppose oppose oppose oppose as false oppose by argument oppose by contrary proof Oppose Militancy & Neutralize Invasion Oppose/d Entry Oppose/d Replenishment Oppose/d Sortie opposed opposed opposed Opposed Blade Damper opposed engine Opposed Entry Command and Control Opposed Flow Flame Spread Opposed Flow Sample Concentration Opposed Gate-Source Transistor opposed to opposed to opposed-blade damper opposed-cylinder Opposed-Phase Gradient Echo Opposed-Piston, Opposed-Cylinder Opposed/Opposite Opposeless opposer opposer opposer opposer muscle of little finger opposer muscle of thumb opposers opposers opposes opposes opposes opposing opposing opposing Opposing Army opposing causes Opposing Counsel Opposing Counsel Opposing Counsel

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