two-stroke

adjective

1. See four-stroke
   relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine whose piston makes two strokes for every explosion US and Canadian wordtwo-cycle Compare four-stroke

Example Sentences

This style of motorcycle has a smaller motor, which is usually of the two-stroke type, single cylinder.

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American design yields two apparently successful two-stroke cycle aero engines.

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On the other hand internal-combustion two-stroke-cycle piston engines had been built and used successfully in a limited way.

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A 3-cylinder two-stroke cycle engine therefore has the same capacity to do work as a 6-cylinder four-stroke cycle engine.

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Some engines are worked on the "two-stroke-cycle" principle; in this case, there are only two strokes for each impulse.

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