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Specific output

measure of internal combustion engine performance

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 1, 2023
Entity authorityQ25312969 ↗
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Specific output is a measure of internal combustion engine performance. It describes the efficiency of an engine in terms of the brake horsepower it outputs relative to its displacement. The measure enables the comparison of differently sized engines, and is usually expressed as kilowatts or horsepower per litre or per cubic inch. On average, forced induction engines out-perform naturally aspirated engines by this measure, primarily due to their increased volumetric efficiency.

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The public source identifies “Specific output” as measure of internal combustion engine performance. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Specific, output and measure.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 71-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Specific, output and measure providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Specific output” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.