turbocharger
turbocharger noun: an inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.
Noun
turbocharger (plural turbochargers)
- An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.
- This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers.1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393
- Synonyms:
- turbo, turbosupercharger
turbocharger meaning in Kannada
turbocharger in Kannada
- ಗಾಳಿದೂಡುಕ
Synonyms of turbocharger
Forms of turbocharger
| plural | turbochargers |
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Origin of turbocharger
Contraction of turbosupercharger.
Words formed from turbocharger
Questions about turbocharger
- What does turbocharger mean?
- Turbocharger means an inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.
- What is turbocharger in Kannada?
- Turbocharger in Kannada is ಗಾಳಿದೂಡುಕ. See Turbocharger meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is turbocharger?
- Turbocharger is a noun.
- What is the plural of turbocharger?
- The plural of turbocharger is turbochargers.
Words near turbocharger in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: turbocharger (page history and authors); turbocharger (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.
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