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Meanings of flat-four in English

Portuguese
boxer de quatro cilindros

Horizontally opposed four-cylinder piston engine.

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      Examples for "f4"
      Examples for "f4"
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      Go here to download Alt-F4 My Life absolutely free from Scrubclub Records.
      Wired
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      F4SD show that voters can be swayed by strong, succint policy direction.
      The South African
      3
      A purple and gold F4 pickup truck zoomed past him heading south.
      Death angel
      4
      Married to a foreign woman, your wife and children became F4.
      Reuters
      5
      A shiny new Ford F4 pickup truck stood by itself, apart from the others.
      Death angel
      1
      The thermometer in the car was still around 1O4.
      The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
      2
      At the upper end of the closed "O-grade" system was O4, which was the second or third ascent of a route.
      Climbing Magazine
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      Sydney played a flat 4-4-2, whereas City played in their usual 4-3-3.
      The Guardian
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      Perhaps one of two box-to-box midfielders in a fairly flat 4-4-2?
      The Guardian
      3
      Tembo's Tactics In the opening game, SuperSport went with a flat 4-4-2 featuring two wingers and two strikers.
      The South African
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      As with all Subarus running horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engines and continuously variable transmissions, the drivetrain can be noisy even under light acceleration.
      BBC
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      The F-4 ejection sequence put the pilot out last.
      Riding rockets
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      An F-4 fighter plane is sent to investigate.
      The Irish Times
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      Two Turkish F-4 fighter jets collided in mid-air this evening, killing all four pilots on board.
      The Irish Times
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      An Israeli F-4 Phantom burst onto the sky, swooped over the stronghold, and fired from both guns.
      To the end of the land
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      The new jets are being acquired to partially replace ageing F-4 and F-5 jets.
      Reuters
      Usage of flat-four in English
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      Here's why: They're rear-wheel-drive sports cars with flat-four engines.
      Wired
      2
      The S3 barks an entertaining libretto, a cross between a larger six and a flat-four.
      BBC
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      They're rear-wheel-drive sports cars with flat-four engines.
      Wired
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      The internal combustion engine is a flat-four turbocharged mill with direct fuel-injection for improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions.
      Wired
      5
      Largely engineered by Subaru, it uses a naturally aspirated 2.0-litre flat-four engine, powering the rear wheels.
      The Irish Times
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      Because the cylinders are arranged in two horizontally opposed banks, a flat-four is relatively wider and substantially lower than a stand-up, conventional inline-four.
      BBC
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      The 200-horsepower flat-four engine is small, only displacing two litres, but it is tuned to rev freely and somewhat raucously, not cruise serenely.
      BBC
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      Last year, Porsche decided to stick a new turbo flat-four engine into its Cayman and Boxster models, in place of the sonorous old flat-six.
      The Irish Times
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      Porsche fans and devotees of the old flat-six engine were up in arms, saying that the flat-four has a droning, graceless exhaust note and .
      The Irish Times
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