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midengine

midengine adjective: of a design in which the engine of an automobile is placed between the rear and front axles.

Adjective

midengine (not comparable)

  1. Of a design in which the engine of an automobile is placed between the rear and front axles
    • The R8’s midengine design echoes that of Audi’s dominant R8 racecar[…].2007 May 20, Ezra Dyer, “Growling at the Exotics’ Door”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    midship

Synonyms of midengine

Forms of midengine

alternative formmid-engine

Origin of midengine

From mid- + engine.

Questions about midengine

What does midengine mean?
Midengine means of a design in which the engine of an automobile is placed between the rear and front axles.
What part of speech is midengine?
Midengine is an adjective.

Words near midengine in the dictionary

  1. Mideasterner
  2. Mideasterners
  3. midecamycin
  4. mideighties
  5. midembryogenesis
  6. midengine
  7. midengined
  8. midepidemic
  9. midepigastric
  10. Mider
  11. midesophageal

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