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underboosting

underboosting is the present participle and gerund of underboost.

Meaning of underboost

Verb

underboost (third-person singular simple present underboosts, present participle underboosting, simple past and past participle underboosted)

  1. To create too little pressure in an engine's combustion chamber.
    • It enables you to properly time the automatic loading of the entire system so that the regulator will not overboost, which would cause a hunting action, or so that it will not underboost and cause a deficiency in the pressure.1941, Bulletin - Issues 19-22, page 155

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Questions about underboosting

What is underboosting the present participle and gerund of?
Underboosting is the present participle and gerund of underboost.

Words near underboosting in the dictionary

  1. underbooking
  2. underbooks
  3. Underbool
  4. underboost
  5. underboosted
  6. underboosting
  7. underboosts
  8. underbore
  9. underborne
  10. underboss
  11. underbosses

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