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instroke

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in⋅stroke

[in-strohk]
–noun
1. a stroke in an inward direction.
2. (in an engine) the stroke during which the piston moves into the cylinder.

Origin:
1885–90; in + stroke 1
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in·stroke   (ĭn'strōk')   
n.  An inward stroke, especially a piston stroke moving away from the crankshaft.
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