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fueling

fueling

6 3.0
Putting a liquid that makes engines run into a vehicle like a car
  • noun
  • /ˈfjuːəlɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : abastecimiento de combustible
  • To break through the current pattern of incremental advances and fulfill the dream of the ultimate alternative-fuel vehicle, the number of fueling stations must pass a threshold of 10,000 to 20,000, which is comparable to approximately 10 to 15 percent of the total number of diesel and gasoline stations currently in the United States.
  • fueling stations
  • hydrogen fueling

If you're going to be limited in your exercise bout by fuel, then fueling is necessary one way or the other.

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Examples

  • Imagine that normal hydrogen fueling stations (which pump hydrogen into vehicle tanks) are few and far between.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Everything else dealt with logistics and feeding and fueling the fleet.

  • Fourth, you have to have the fueling infrastructure.

    Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

  • In March 2005, I went to a Fueling Asia conference in Beijing.

    Blog text (34)

  • By the 1950s, as today, the American economy depended on automobile manufacturing, service, fueling, and highway construction.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The containers would be installable, removable, and returnable to meet the fueling needs of a particular driver.

    Academic text (2000)

  • A limited but growing hydrogen infrastructure exists in the U.S., with 19 states having at least one hydrogen fueling station (DOE, 2009a).

    Academic text (2010)

  • The city is investing in new fueling stations to better support electric vehicles.

  • The truck driver stopped at a fueling station to refill his tank before continuing the journey.

  • Proper fueling of the generator is essential for it to run smoothly during the storm.

Synonyms

refueling
vsfueling
  • US
21 3.2

To give fuel to a vehicle like a car or plane

is the same action but presented in the alternate word form

How Frequent

fueling
  • US
6 3.0
occasional
285 2.8

Surface Forms

fueling singular
fuelling singular

Morphology

fueling = fuel (transparent) = fuel + ing

Formed by adding the productive gerund/nominalizing suffix '-ing' to the verb 'fuel', a standard and transparent derivation.

Etymology

Fueling comes from the word fuel, which named things you burn to make 'fire' or energy. So fueling is the action of giving a vehicle or machine the 'fuel' or power it needs to run.