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hemi

noun C2
  1. A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
  2. A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
  3. A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
  4. A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
  5. Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical

Plural hemis

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