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diesel cycle

American  

noun

  1. Machinery. a theoretical heat cycle for an engine in which combustion occurs at a constant pressure and cooling at a constant volume.

diesel cycle British  

noun

  1. a four-stroke cycle in which combustion takes place at constant pressure and heat is rejected at constant volume Compare Otto cycle

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Although Woolson designed the ingenious weight-saving features, Dorner was responsible for the engine’s diesel cycle which employed the “solid” type of fuel injection.

From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Meyer, Robert B.

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