top dead center

English

Noun

top dead center (plural top dead centers)

1. (automotive) A position in the four-stroke combustion process wherein the piston is at the topmost point in its stroke. This can either be during the compression phase or the combustion phase.
2. (automotive) The reference mark on a flywheel (and engine block) indicating the engine is in the top dead center position, when aligned.

Translations

piston position

• Finnish: yläkuolokohta
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}