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variable valve timing

variable valve timing noun: the process of altering the timing of a valve lift event in an internal combustion engine, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions.

Noun

variable valve timing (countable and uncountable, plural variable valve timings)

  1. The process of altering the timing of a valve lift event in an internal combustion engine, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions.

Synonyms of variable valve timing

Forms of variable valve timing

pluralvariable valve timings

Questions about variable valve timing

What does variable valve timing mean?
Variable valve timing means the process of altering the timing of a valve lift event in an internal combustion engine, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions.
What part of speech is variable valve timing?
Variable valve timing is a noun.
What is the plural of variable valve timing?
The plural of variable valve timing is variable valve timings.

Words near variable valve timing in the dictionary

  1. variable star
  2. variable stars
  3. variable sweep
  4. variable sweeps
  5. variable tandem repeat locus
  6. variable valve timing
  7. variable valve timings
  8. variable-geometry Europe
  9. variable-length array
  10. variableness
  11. variablenesses

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