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air-cooled adjective
If an engine is air-cooled, it is kept cool by a flow of air.
Compare water-cooled.
bionic adjective
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hp (POWER)
WRITTEN ABBREVIATION FOR
horsepower
hydraulic adjective
operated by or involving the pressure of water or some other liquid:
a hydraulic lift/platform/pump
idle verb [I] ( UK ALSO tick over)
If an engine or machine idles, it runs slowly but does not move or do any
work:
He left the engine idling and ran into the shop.
a mechanical device
The company produces mechanical parts for airplane engines.
The plane appeared to have crashed because of a mechanical problem.
mechanically adverb
Most crops are harvested mechanically (= by a machine).
I'm not very mechanically minded (= do not understand how machines work).
mechanics
UK USUALLY
UK USUALLY
mechanised adjective
the position of the gears in a vehicle when they are not connected to the
engine:
In Britain, you're supposed to put your car into neutral whenever you stop
at a junction.
pneumatic adjective
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pneumatic adjective
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containing air:
Pneumatic tyres were invented in 1888 by John Dunlop.
pneumatically adverb
semi-automatic adjective
partly automatic:
a semi-automatic gearbox/shotgun
SPECIALIZED
strip
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(REMOVE PARTS) verb [T] -ppto remove parts of a machine, vehicle or engine in order to clean or repair
it:
I've decided to strip down my motorbike and rebuild it.
SPECIALIZED
tune
a device which opens and closes to control the flow of liquids or gases, or
a similar structure in the heart and the veins, which controls the flow of
blood:
The valve failed to open/close.
It was a weak heart valve that caused her death.