uniflow

  1. Adjective.  (context, of an engine) In which the gas mixture enters at one end of the cylinder controlled by the piston and the exhaust exits at the other.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of a steam engine) In which steam flows in one direction only in each half of the cylinder.

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