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power unit

power unit noun: a truck (large road vehicle) capable of moving under its own power.

Noun

power unit (plural power units)

  1. A truck (large road vehicle) capable of moving under its own power.
    • The combination unit was traversing a straight section of roadway, on an approximate 4 percent upgrade, when the tractor began to jackknife. As the power unit rotated clockwise, it left the roadway to the right and traveled several feet before the driver corrected the jackknife. The unit was...1988 October 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “CASE NO. 9”, in Safety Study: Case Summaries of 189 Heavy Truck Accident Investigations, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2017
  2. Any other unit capable of providing power.
    • For many years the horse provided a cheap and effective power unit for town cartage, but in recent years it has been replaced largely by mechanical power.1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 335

Forms of power unit

pluralpower units

Words formed from power unit

Questions about power unit

What does power unit mean?
Power unit means a truck (large road vehicle) capable of moving under its own power.
What part of speech is power unit?
Power unit is a noun.
What is the plural of power unit?
The plural of power unit is power units.

Words near power unit in the dictionary

  1. power trios
  2. power trip
  3. power trips
  4. power trowel
  5. power trowels
  6. power unit
  7. power units
  8. power up
  9. power user
  10. power users
  11. power vacua

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