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four-stroking

four-stroking noun: abnormal operation of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, such that the cylinder only fires every second cycle (like a four-stroke engine). This occurs when the exhaust scavenging and inlet charging leaves a mixture in the cylinder which does not ignite, but needs a second scavenge/charge to produce an adequate mix.

Noun

four-stroking (uncountable)

  1. Abnormal operation of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, such that the cylinder only fires every second cycle (like a four-stroke engine). This occurs when the exhaust scavenging and inlet charging leaves a mixture in the cylinder which does not ignite, but needs a second scavenge/charge to produce an adequate mix.

Questions about four-stroking

What does four-stroking mean?
Four-stroking means abnormal operation of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, such that the cylinder only fires every second cycle (like a four-stroke engine). This occurs when the exhaust scavenging and inlet charging leaves a mixture in the cylinder which does not ignite, but needs a second scavenge/charge to produce an adequate mix.
What part of speech is four-stroking?
Four-stroking is a noun.

Words near four-stroking in the dictionary

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  4. four-stroke engines
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  8. four-thousanders
  9. four-thousandth
  10. four-to-the-floor
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