volumetric efficiency

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the ratio of fluid delivered by a piston or ram pump per stroke to the displacement volume of the piston or ram

the ratio of air or gas-air mixture drawn into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine to the volumetric displacement of the piston

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Words nearby volumetric efficiency

volume index, volumeter, volumetric, volumetric analysis, volumetric displacement, volumetric efficiency, volumetric solution, volume unit, volume velocity, voluminous, Volund

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How to use volumetric efficiency in a sentence

And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
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His stories were constructed with ruthless narrative efficiency.
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This was the most sophisticated global tracking system ever devised, and it worked with lethal efficiency.
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Second,” said Sen. Paul, “is the Milton Friedman efficiency argument.
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Efficiency may seem a pitiless term to use but it does have meaning.
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Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Is the college stage of our present educational system anywhere near its maximum possible efficiency?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In all business matters he required a rigid economy though never at the expense of efficiency.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
By the adoption of scientific principles Hope-Jones has multiplied the efficiency of Swell boxes tenfold.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller