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four-cycle

four-cycle noun: any four-stroke cycle, such as the Otto cycle, for an internal combustion engine.

Noun

four-cycle (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

Forms of four-cycle

pluralfour-cycles

Questions about four-cycle

What does four-cycle mean?
Four-cycle means any four-stroke cycle, such as the Otto cycle, for an internal combustion engine.
What part of speech is four-cycle?
Four-cycle is a noun.
What is the plural of four-cycle?
The plural of four-cycle is four-cycles.

Words near four-cycle in the dictionary

  1. four-by-two
  2. four-by-twos
  3. Four-Corner
  4. four-current
  5. four-currents
  6. four-cycle
  7. four-cycles
  8. four-day week
  9. four-day weekend
  10. four-dimensional
  11. four-dimensional chess

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