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stratified charge engine

noun

Definition of STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINE

:  an internal-combustion engine in whose cylinders the combustion of fuel in a layer of rich fuel-air mixture promotes ignition in a greater volume of lean mixture
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First Known Use of STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINE

1962

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