Instroke

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crankshaft.
  2. 2
    the stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft wordnet

Etymology

From in + stroke.

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steam engine

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