intercooler
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌkuːlər/
- Specialized
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intercooler
- Adding to the cost are turbochargers, intercoolers to keep the temperature down in the engine, and high-pressure fuel injection systems.
Examples
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It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.
Academic text (2009) -
Introduced in 2005 and rated at 100 MW, the LMS100 is the first modern production electric power gas turbine to have an intercooler.
Academic text (2009) -
OK, so this is a pretty small intercooler, I will say.
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I'll have to look and see if the impact reached the intercooler
Blog text (31) -
Thanks, guys. I will be getting a new intercooler from Wagner-Tuning in the next week to try out.
Blog text (3) -
Shipped from its manufacturing site in Korea, the intercooler was barged up the Connecticut River.
Academic text (2009) -
It is the first modern production electric power gas turbine that has an intercooler.
Academic text (2007) -
The two-tiered grille channels air to the intercooler and is also designed to reduce front lift.
Blog text (29) -
At Cummins Engine Co., he was involved in crucial heat exchanger development at a time when intercoolers were rapidly becoming standard in diesel engines.
Academic text (2003) -
The intercooler efficiently reduces the temperature of the compressed air before it enters the engine.
Synonyms
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4.1
A machine that moves heat between two liquids or gases without mixing them
A device that cools compressed air in an engine or compressor
How Cold
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7.2
- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
intercooler = cooler (semi-transparent) = inter + cool + er
The formation is a clear prefixation of 'inter-' to 'cooler' to indicate a cooler operating between stages, but the specific technical application to engines/compressors is domain-specific.
Etymology
The word intercooler is made from inter- meaning 'between', as in international, and cooler meaning 'something that cools'. So an intercooler cools the compressed air 'between' parts of an engine, which helps the engine run cooler and work better.