four-cycle

English

Noun

four-cycle (plural four-cycles)

  1. Any four-stroke cycle, such as the Otto cycle, for an internal combustion engine.
    • 1862, Gas Engine, volume 6, page 362:
      […] well-known automobiles will be fitted with two-cycle engines, whereas they are now equipped with four-cycles.
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