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uniflow engine

American

[yoo-nuh-floh] / ˈju nəˌfloʊ /

noun

a double-acting steam engine exhausting from the middle of each cylinder at each stroke so that the motion of the steam from admission to exhaust is continuous in one direction.

Etymology

Origin of uniflow engine

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