intercooler

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noun

A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes.

OriginEnglish cooler ← Middle English colen ← Old English cōlian →
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Meanings

nounintercooler (plural intercoolers)

plural intercoolers

  1. A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gól-
  9. Proto-Germanic*kalaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*kōluz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*kōl(ī)
  12. Proto-West Germanic*kōlēn
  13. Old Englishcōlian
  14. Middle Englishcolen
  15. Englishcool
  16. Englishcooler
  17. Englishintercooler

From inter- + cooler.

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Translations

Estonian vahejahuti
  • vahejahutia heat exchange device

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cleroterion
Cite this entry
APA

intercooler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercooler

MLA

“intercooler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercooler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intercooler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercooler.

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