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Four-stroke engine's basic operating principle, devised in 1876 by Dr Nikolas Otto.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Unit in which the poppet valves are located in the roof of the combustion chamber and operated by long push rods actuated by a camshaft placed below the cylinder head.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

One situated in the cylinder head, above or alongside the engine's valve gear.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Horizontal distance between the center of the rear axle and the vehicle's rearmost extremity.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Horizontal distance between the center of the front axle and the vehicle's foremost extremity.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Additional gear ratio in a transmission which, when engaged, causes the gearbox output shaft to rotate more slowly than the crankshaft.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

One in which the cylinder's bore is greater than its stroke.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

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