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fullpowered

fullpowered is the alternative form of full-powered.

Meaning of full-powered

Adjective

full-powered (not comparable)

  1. At full power; at the very utmost limit.
    • They will stand unused for a considerable period without noticeable deterioration. Their strength does not rapidly "leak" or escape. They are full-powered, eager to give you their sparks.1839, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 85
  2. For vessels that depends on engines for propulsion that is independent of assistance from any sails.
    • The Royal Mail Steamship " Britannia," full-powered ocean-going screw steamer of 3,700 tons, engines of 650 horsepower, barque-rigged, carries 3,300 tons dead weight of coal and cargo.1874, Ship-builders LAIRD BROTHERS, Description of the Birkenhead Iron Works Belonging to Messrs Laird Brothers, from “The Practical Magazine,” June 1874, Chiswick Press, page 30

Questions about fullpowered

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Fullpowered is the alternative form of full-powered.

Words near fullpowered in the dictionary

  1. fullmoons
  2. fullmouthed
  3. fullness
  4. fullness of time
  5. fullnesses
  6. fullpowered
  7. fulls
  8. fullscale
  9. fullscreen
  10. fullscreened
  11. fullscreening

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