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Modifying racer brought extra speed with this?
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turbocharger
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A turbocharger , or turbo (colloquialism), from Greek "τύρβη" ("wake"), is a turbine -driven forced induction device that increases an internal combustion engine's efficiency and power output by forcing extra air into the combustion chamber. This improvement ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the blower is engine-driven, boost is always on hand, so response is much faster than with a turbocharger . ▪ The turbocharger is water cooled and its vanes are small to keep inertia down. ▪ With or without turbochargers, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.
Usage examples of turbocharger.
Turning the steering wheel to the right, he put his foot down and felt the twin turbochargers cut in, the car squatting down on the pavement as the tachometer raced up toward the 7000 rpm red-line.
Eagles climbed, clawing at the thin air with whining turbochargers, through a layer of cirrus clouds into a high brightness under a sky that seemed ready to bleed lapis lazuli as the props sliced it.