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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Scavenging

/skăv'-ən-jĭng/ · Scav·eng·ing · IPA /skˈævəndʒɪŋ/
01 p. pr. & vb. n. Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizing the mom…
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    Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizing the momentum of the exhaust gases in a long exhaust pipe.(Internal-combustion Engines)