hemi
nounEtymology Clipping of hemisphere.
1
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
2
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
3
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
4
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
5
Broadly Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical
- Synonyms
- hemi engine, hemi head