Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gun the bore of which is of a uniform diameter throughout.
- To bore, as a gun-barrel, in such a manner that the diameter of the bore is uniform throughout.
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Changes from the previous 2.3L unit include a fatter bore and a longer stroke packed into a cylinder block with unchanged external dimensions by using cylinder-bore liners made of a steel-molybdenum alloy offering strength and stiffness increases of 30-percent.
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Long-wearing, tough SCEM (Suzuki Composite Electrochemical Material) cylinder-bore plating.
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