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re-engining

re-engining noun: the fitting of a new or different engine. Also the present participle and gerund of re-engine.

Noun

re-engining (countable and uncountable, plural re-enginings)

  1. The fitting of a new or different engine.
    • To me it seems that extensive investment in relatively low-powered units may have the same ultimate result of motive power shortage as that which afflicts the London Midland Region today, and which has compelled the re-engining of some of the earlier multiple-unit diesel train sets.1958 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 412

Also used as

re-engining is also the present participle and gerund of re-engine.

Forms of re-engining

pluralre-enginings

Questions about re-engining

What does re-engining mean?
Re-engining means the fitting of a new or different engine.
What part of speech is re-engining?
Re-engining is a noun.
What is the plural of re-engining?
The plural of re-engining is re-enginings.

Words near re-engining in the dictionary

  1. re-engineered
  2. re-engineering
  3. re-engineerings
  4. re-engineers
  5. re-engines
  6. re-engining
  7. re-enginings
  8. re-engrave
  9. re-enlarge
  10. re-enlarged
  11. re-enlarges

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