carburettor

(ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛtə; ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛtə; -bə-) or

carburetter

;

carburetor

(ˈkɑːbjʊˌreɪtə; -bə-)

(Automotive Engineering) a device used in petrol engines for atomizing the petrol, controlling its mixture with air, and regulating the intake of the air-petrol mixture into the engine. Informal term: carb Compare fuel injection

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

carburettor - mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion

carburetor

air horn - air intake of a carburetor

air-intake - a duct that admits air to be mixed with fuel

butterfly valve - a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle

fuel system - equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine

mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles

venturi - a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor)

Translations

كَارْبُراتيركاربوريتر: مُفَحِّمُ السَّيّاره

karburátor

karburator

kaasutin

rasplinjač

karburátorporlasztó

blöndungur

carburatore

キャブレター

기화기

karbiuratorius

karburators

karburátor

förgasare

ตัวดูดอากาศเข้าลูกสูบ

karbüratör

bộ chế hòa khí

汽化器

carburettor

carburetor (US) [ˌkɑːbjʊˈretəʳ] N → carburador m

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carburettor

[ˌkɑː^rbəˈrɛtə^r] (British) carburetor (US) n → carburateur m

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carburettor

, (US) carburetor

n → Vergaser m

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carburettor

carburetor (Am) [ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛtəʳ] n → carburatore m

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carburettor

(ˈkaːbjuretə) , ((American) -bərei-) (American) carburetor noun

a part of an internal-combustion engine in which air is mixed with fuel.

carburettor

→ كَارْبُراتير karburátor karburator Vergaser καρμπιρατέρ carburador kaasutin carburateur rasplinjač carburatore キャブレター 기화기 carburateur forgasser gaźnik carburador карбюратор förgasare ตัวดูดอากาศเข้าลูกสูบ karbüratör bộ chế hòa khí 汽化器

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Sometimes when you are out in your Pickering Gem or your Pickering Giant the car hesitates, falters, and stops dead, and your chauffeur, having examined the carburettor, turns to you and explains the phenomenon in these words: 'The mixture is too rich.' So was it with Mr Pickering now.

But Lady Wetherby, seated at the piano, still touched the keys softly, and the sound increased the richness of the mixture which choked Dudley Pickering's spiritual carburettor. It is not fair that a rather stout manufacturer should be called upon to sit in the moonlight while a beautiful girl, to the accompaniment of soft music, reproaches him with having avoided her.

Of limousine bodies, carburettors, spark-plugs, and inner tubes he spoke with freedom and eloquence, but the subject of love and marriage he avoided absolutely.

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The problem she solved was that the 109 had modern fuel injection, but the Spitfire had an old-fashioned float carburettor. When a Spitfire followed the 109 into a dive, centrifugal force pushed the carburettor float upwards, cutting off the fuel supply.

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The Base kit (P/N 19351532) covers a single-plane aluminium intake, distributor, water pump, damper and flexplate, but requires the carburettor and other accessories to be added.

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BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN US Editor HARRISON Ford nearly lost his life in a plane crash due to a faulty carburettor which stalled his aircraft.

Dodgy engine part caused Harrison's near-fatal crash

Later the salesman explained to me that they had come to buy a carburettor cleaner which sprayed on a towel and then sniffed gives the same effect of using drugs.

Suggestions on speed-breakers

Air investigators told North Wales senior coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones there was no evidence the Piper Cherokee's engine failed, but found it lost power and there may have been ice on the carburettor.

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Engine sizes were 1.3-litre or 1.6 and various carburettor and tuning combinations produced power outputs from around 80 to nearly 110bhp.

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CARBURETTOR icing might have caused a light aircraft to lose power and crash, killing its 73-year-old pilot, an accident report said today.

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There's something wrong with the carburettor. Not sure whether it'll get me home ...

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