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Cylinder: The imaginary area directly above the basket where goaltending or basket interference can occur.

Master Cylinder: A Master Cylinder for a motorcycle is usually located in two places. The front master cylinder is positioned on the right handlebar where the front brake lever can easily activate it to cont . . . View Full Definition

Cylinder Head: A casting that caps the cylinder and contains the valves and combustion chamber.

Vascular Cylinder: A central column formed by the vascular tissue of a plant root; surrounded by parenchymal ground tissue.

Fore-and-Aft Flat Twin: A flat-twin engine mounted with cylinders positioned in line with the frame.

Horizontally Opposed: Type of engine layout in which the cylinders are placed at 180° to one another. It is also described as a flat twin or flat four, etc. Also known as a boxer engine.

Inline 4: An Inline 4 is an engine having four cylinders in a row.

Flat Twin: A two cylinder internal combustion engine with the cylinders arranged on opposite sides of the crankshaft. The best known example is the ‘traditional’ (since 1923) BMW motorcycle engine, whe . . . View Full Definition

Inline: Engine layout in which the cylinders are arranged in a row. For example, an “inline 4? engine would have 4 cycliners aligned in one row.

Engine Control Unit (ECU): Controls various aspects of an internal combustion engine’s operation. ECUs control the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder, with each engine cycle, by monitoring the engine through . . . View Full Definition