In a 2 Cycle engine this is done in 2 piston strokes (one up and one down the piston cylinder). The Industry and the market generally use the term 2 cycle and 2 stroke interchangeably.

Is a cycle the same as a stroke?

The engineer says that every reciprocating internal combustion engine operates through a "cycle" of five functions – intake, compression, ignition, combustion and exhaust. In a 2-stroke engine, all five functions of the cycle are completed in only two strokes of the piston (or one revolution of the crankshaft).

What is stroke in 2-cycle?

Fuel for a 2-stroke engine has a small amount of oil mixed into it. It is called a “2-stroke” because just one up and down movement of the piston—the 2 strokes—performs the full cycle of intake, compression, combustion and exhaust.