turbocharger en · NOUN
Etymology
Contraction of turbosupercharger.
Meanings
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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 14, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| turbochargers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
turbosupercharger · twincharger · supercharger[Appendix:Glossary
Deriveds
Hypernyms
supercharger[Appendix:Glossary
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (13)
cs turbodmychadlo (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · ro turbocompresor (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · de Kompressor (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · cmn 渦輪增壓器 /涡轮增压器 (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · fi turboahdin (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · de Turbolader (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · tr turbo (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · tr turboşarj (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · es turbo (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · pl turbosprężarka (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · es turbocargador (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · bg турбокомпресор (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine) · ru турбонадду́в (inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine)