VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valve-in-head engine mean? 

• VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE (noun)
  The noun VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. internal-combustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head

  Familiarity information: VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Internal-combustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("valve-in-head engine" is a kind of...):

ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)