return stroke

/ rĭ-tûrn′ /

1. See reverse lightning

Example Sentences

At the return stroke the exhaust steam escapes into the steam chest, and from there it passes into the low pressure cylinder.

From Project Gutenberg

If ignition occur too soon, the mixture will be exploded before the piston has reached the dead center on its return stroke.

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In the second return stroke the burnt gases are expelled from the cylinder and the whole made ready to start afresh.

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The return stroke is accomplished by the atmospheric pressure, and the work is now done upon the engine shaft on the return only.

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Steam is now admitted to the other end of the cylinder, and the operation repeated on the backward or return stroke.

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