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an internal-combustion engine whose cylinders are divided into two chambers containing different mixtures of fuel and air: »

In the stratified-charge engine…there are zones that are fuel-rich or fuel-poor (H. Martin Malin, Jr.). Fuel economy and reduced exhaust emissions can both be obtained in so-called stratified-charge engines (London Times).