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exhaust stroke

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noun

  1. another name for scavenge stroke

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It may happen that at the end of the exhaust stroke incandescent particles may remain in the cylinder, which particles may consist of caked oil or may be retained by poorly cooled projections.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by R. E. Mathot

At the end of the exhaust stroke the volume is but that of the dead space, and from one-third to one-fifth its volume before compression.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

However, on the exhaust stroke no spark is being generated in the magneto, hence none is produced at the spark-plug.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

This must be fairly heavy, as it has to overcome all friction during the return or exhaust stroke.

From Things To Make by Archibald Williams

In a four-cylinder, four-cycle engine, while one cylinder is on the power stroke the next is on the compression stroke, the third on the admission stroke, and the fourth on the exhaust stroke.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns

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