entry ignition engine
noun1
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A type of extended-Brayton-cycle-based two-stroke engine which uses four cylinders for a combustion cycle of four strokes, but having a power stroke rate of that on regular two-stroke cycles.
- Synonyms
- Cheeseman-cycle engine, Cheeseman-cycle two-stroke engine, Cheeseman engine, Cheeseman two-stroke engine, EI engine
- Hypernyms
- Brayton-cycle engine, Cheeseman-cycle engine, combustion engine, engine, internal combustion engine, motor, two-stroke engine
- Coordinate terms
- Brayton cycle, Cheeseman cycle, Clerk cycle, Clerk-cycle engine, compression-ignition engine, Diesel cycle, Diesel-cycle engine, diesel engine, Otto cycle, Otto-cycle engine, spark-ignition engine