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Meaning of cylinder head | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cylinder, head.
  2. A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.

Equivalents

Deutsch Zylinderkopf
Español culata
Suomi sylinterikansi sylinterinkansi
Français culasse
Italiano testata
Nederlands cilinderkop
Русский голо́вка цили́ндра кры́шка цили́ндра
Svenska cylinderlock topplock
Tiếng Việt quy lát

Examples

“Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cylinder mower cylinder-head-sector cylinderer Cylinders cylindrachetid cylindrenchyma

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