Word.ws English Dictionary

intercooling

intercooling is the present participle and gerund of intercool.

Meaning of intercool

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

Noun

intercooling (uncountable)

  1. The action of an intercooler.

Questions about intercooling

What does intercooling mean?
Intercooling means the action of an intercooler.
What is intercooling the present participle and gerund of?
Intercooling is the present participle and gerund of intercool.
What part of speech is intercooling?
Intercooling is a noun.

Words near intercooling in the dictionary

  1. interconverts
  2. intercool
  3. intercooled
  4. intercooler
  5. intercoolers
  6. intercooling
  7. intercools
  8. intercopy
  9. intercoracoid
  10. intercoracoidal
  11. intercorallite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: intercooling (page history and authors); intercool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “intercooling.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/intercooling. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.