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throttleless

throttleless adjective: not involving a throttle; unthrottled.

Adjective

throttleless (not comparable)

  1. Not involving a throttle; unthrottled.
    • The next logical step in valve timing flexibility and control are fully variable mechanical systems like the BMW Valvetronic system [7], which gives increased flexibility over valve timing, duration and allows, for the first time, the ability to achieve throttleless load control with a mechanical...2002, Jeff Allen, Don Law, “Production Electro-Hydraulic Variable Valve-Train for a New Generation of I.C. Engines”, in SAE Transactions, volume 111, number Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES, page 1812
    • Engine performance has been mapped at shaft speeds from 2000 to 12,000 RPM, at altitudes from sea level up to 20,000 ft. and for a range of inlet pressures representative of throttling and supercharging. Mixture strengths were varied to evaluate the potential range of throttleless operation for...2002, Alvin Lowi Jr., “Designing a Miniature Engine for Large-Engine Performance”, in SAE Transactions, volume 112, number Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES, page 1819

Origin of throttleless

From throttle + -less.

Questions about throttleless

What does throttleless mean?
Throttleless means not involving a throttle; unthrottled.
What part of speech is throttleless?
Throttleless is an adjective.

Words near throttleless in the dictionary

  1. throttlebottoms
  2. throttled
  3. throttled down
  4. throttlehold
  5. throttleholds
  6. throttleless
  7. throttleman
  8. throttlemen
  9. throttler
  10. throttlers
  11. throttles

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