sleeve-valve engine

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• sleeve-valve engine — sleeveˈ valve engine noun A type of engine in which two cylindrical metal sleeves, one inside the other, slide up and down on a film of oil, providing intake and exhaust passages as the port openings pass each other • • • Main Entry: ↑sleeve …   Useful english dictionary

• Sleeve valve — The sleeve valve is a type of valve mechanism for piston engines, distinct from the more common poppet valve. They saw use in some pre World War II luxury cars, sports cars, the Willys Knight car and light truck, and saw substantial use in… …   Wikipedia

• sleeve valve — noun : an admission and exhaust valve on an internal combustion engine that consists of one or two hollow sleeves fitting around the interior of the cylinder and moving as the piston moves so that openings in them come into line with inlet and… …   Useful english dictionary

• sleeve valve — /ˈsliv vælv/ (say sleev valv) noun a thin metal sleeve with ports cut in it which is made to rotate and reciprocate between the cylinder and the piston of an internal combustion engine so that it acts either as an inlet or exhaust valve …  

• sleeve valve — an intake or exhaust valve for an engine, consisting of one or more sleeves reciprocating within a cylinder, so that ports in the cylinder and in the sleeves are opposed at regular intervals to open the valve. [1910 15] * * * …   Universalium

• Engine configuration — is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of an internal combustion engine. These components include cylinders, pistons, crankshaft(s) and camshaft(s).For many automobile engines, the term ´block is interchangeable with engine …   Wikipedia

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• Engine displacement — One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in orange. Engine displacement is the volume swept by all the pistons inside the cylinders of an internal combustion engine in a single movement from top… …   Wikipedia

• valve — A device used to either open or close an opening to allow or prevent the flow of a liquid or gas from one place to another. There are many different types. See ABS relay valve accumultor valve air valve carburetor air control valve air gulp valve …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Hyper engine — The hyper engine was a hypothetical aircraft engine design, an engine that would be able to deliver 1 horsepower per cubic inch (46 kW/L) of engine displacement. The term was used only in the United States, where the Army Air Corps funded… …   Wikipedia