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oversquare

oversquare adjective: having a cylinder with a greater bore than stroke.

Adjective

oversquare

  1. having a cylinder with a greater bore than stroke.
    • The Model F engine was an overbored variation of the larger engine first applied to the Model D the previous year. This made it considerably oversquare: 5 inch bore (4.625 on the D) and 4.5 inch stroke displacing 353 cubic inches. It was rated 32.4 SAE horsepower, produced 35 at the same conditions...1985, George Philip Hanley, Stacey Pankiw Hanley, The Marmon Heritage: More Than 125 Years of American Production of World Renowned Products : Marmon, Marmon-Herrington, Marmon-Herrington...

Antonyms of oversquare

Forms of oversquare

alternative formover-square
alternative formover square

Origin of oversquare

From over- + square.

Questions about oversquare

What does oversquare mean?
Oversquare means having a cylinder with a greater bore than stroke.
What part of speech is oversquare?
Oversquare is an adjective.

Words near oversquare in the dictionary

  1. oversprinkled
  2. oversprinkles
  3. oversprinkling
  4. oversprung
  5. overspun
  6. oversquare
  7. oversqueamish
  8. oversqueamishness
  9. oversqueezed
  10. overstabilities
  11. overstability

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