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intercool

intercool verb: to cool by means of an intercooler.

Verb

intercool (third-person singular simple present intercools, present participle intercooling, simple past and past participle intercooled)

  1. (transitive) To cool by means of an intercooler.
    • The pressurized intake tubing intercools the air charge as it makes its way back up the chassis of the truck and goes up into the engine's throttle body.2007, Rick Shandley, 101 Performance Projects for Your Pickup and SUV, page 20

Forms of intercool

third-person singular presentintercools
present participleintercooling
past participleintercooled
pastintercooled

Origin of intercool

From inter- + cool.

Questions about intercool

What does intercool mean?
Intercool means to cool by means of an intercooler.
What part of speech is intercool?
Intercool is a verb.
What is the past tense of intercool?
The past tense of intercool is intercooled.

Words near intercool in the dictionary

  1. interconvertibly
  2. interconverting
  3. interconvertor
  4. interconvertors
  5. interconverts
  6. intercool
  7. intercooled
  8. intercooler
  9. intercoolers
  10. intercooling
  11. intercools

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