Usually means: Movement of piston towards cylinder.
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  1. instroke: Merriam-Webster
  2. instroke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. instroke: Collins English Dictionary
  4. instroke: Wordnik
  5. instroke: Wiktionary
  6. instroke: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Instroke, instroke: Dictionary.com
  8. instroke: Rhymezone
  9. instroke: FreeDictionary.org
  10. instroke: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. instroke: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. instroke: Vocabulary.com

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▸ noun:  An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crankshaft.

Similar:
outstroke, stroke, power stroke, powerstroke, steam engine, piston engine, four-stroke, internal combustion engine, steeple engine, induction, more...

Opposite:
outstroke, outward movement, outward stroke

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Similar:
outstroke, stroke, power stroke, powerstroke, steam engine, piston engine, four-stroke, internal combustion engine, steeple engine, induction, more...

Opposite:
outstroke, outward movement, outward stroke



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