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four-cy·cle

(fôr′sī′kəl)
adj.
Requiring four strokes of the piston for a cycle: a four-cycle internal-combustion engine.
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four-cycle

adj
(Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine in which the piston makes four strokes for every explosion. Equivalent term (in Britain and certain other countries): four-stroke Compare two-stroke
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