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| Otto cycle [ óttō sīk'l ] (plural Otto cycles) |
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thermodynamic process: a thermodynamic process for the conversion of heat into work, e.g. the sequential suction, compression, ignition, and expulsion in a four-stroke engine
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| [Late 19th century. After Nikolaus August Otto (1832-1891), German engineer and inventor] |
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