turbocharger

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noun

An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.

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turboturbosupercharger
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Meanings

nounturbocharger (plural turbochargers)

plural turbochargers

  1. 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 28, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393

    Synonyms: turbo, turbosupercharger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.

Similar
turboturbosupercharger

Origin

Contraction of turbosupercharger.

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Translations

Bulgarian турбокомпресор
  • турбокомпресор (turbokompresor)inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Chinese Mandarin 渦輪增壓器 /涡轮增压器
  • 渦輪增壓器 /涡轮增压器inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Czech turbodmychadlo
  • turbodmychadloinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Finnish turboahdin
  • turboahdininlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
German Turbolader, Kompressor
  • Turboladerinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
  • Kompressorinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Polish turbosprężarka
  • turbosprężarkainlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Romanian turbocompresor
  • turbocompresorinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Russian турбонадду́в
  • турбонадду́в (turbonaddúv)inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Spanish turbo, turbocargador
  • turboinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
  • turbocargadorinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Turkish turboşarj, turbo
  • turboşarjinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
  • turboinlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine
Cite this entry
APA

turbocharger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbocharger

MLA

“turbocharger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbocharger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turbocharger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbocharger.

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