noun
definition
An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), normally powered from the crankshaft.
Examples of supercharger in a Sentence
Plus having the supercharger at the front will mean the weight will be lower.
A few years later, the company added a supercharger, which improved the amount of power the system had.
Easy to follow instructions for building a powerful 24,000 rpm electric supercharger.
At take-off power, each engine used 250 bhp just to drive its own supercharger.
The first of these engines with a 2-speed supercharger was the Merlin X. This added significantly to the length of the engine.
The turbocharger normally fitted to a Valenta was replaced on these engines by a single supercharger, gear-driven from the free end.