society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (intransitive)] > of internal-combustion engine: run > on specific number of cylinder (1)
to function (or click, hit, operate, etc.) on all (or four, six, etc.) cylinders1912
The cylindrical chamber in which the steam (or other fluid) acts upon the piston. By extension, applied to the corresponding chamber of rotary…