Otto cycle
English
Etymology
Named after Nikolaus Otto, German engineer.
Proper noun
Otto cycle
- The basic thermodynamic cycle of the normal four-stroke internal combustion engine: isentropic compression, constant-volume heat addition, isentropic expansion, and constant-volume heat rejection.
Hypernyms
- four-cycle
- four-stroke
Coordinate terms
- Atkinson cycle
- Diesel cycle
- Stirling cycle
See also
- two-cycle
- two-stroke