Two-cycle
adjective
1.
noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which two strokes are required to complete a cycle (two-stroke cycle) one to admit and compress air or an air-fuel mixture and one to ignite fuel, do work, and scavenge the cylinder.
adjective
1.
(US & Canadian) relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine whose piston makes two strokes for every explosion Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) two-stroke See four-stroke
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