four-cycle


four-cy·cle

(fôr′sī′kəl)adj. Requiring four strokes of the piston for a cycle: a four-cycle internal-combustion engine.

four-cycle

adj (Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine in which the piston makes four strokes for every explosion. Equivalent term (in Britain and certain other countries): four-stroke Compare two-stroke