aftercooler
- noun
- /ˈæftərˌkuːlər/
- Specialized
:
intercambiador de calor
- Installing an aftercooler in the compressor system significantly increased its efficiency by cooling the compressed air.
Examples
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The engineer installed an aftercooler to lower the temperature of the compressed gas before it entered the engine.
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After passing through the aftercooler, the air was cool enough to improve the engine's performance.
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A freestanding aftercooler,
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
2
4.1
A machine that moves heat between two liquids or gases without mixing them
How Cool
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
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7.2
- US
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2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
aftercooler = cooler (transparent) = after + cool + er
A straightforward compound of 'after' + 'cooler' meaning a cooler that acts after compression; components directly indicate the function. [Postprocessing: moved 'after' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Aftercooler is a clear compound: after- means 'after' and cooler is a thing that makes something 'cool', like a water cooler. So an aftercooler is a machine that cools air or gas 'after' it has been compressed, which helps engines and compressors work better.