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Definition: Carburettor |
CarburettorNoun1. Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | A device for continously supplying engines with a combustible mixture. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CarburettorSynonym: carburetor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Carburettor |
| Specialty definitions using "carburettor": antifreeze additive, antiicing additive, antistalling additive, antistalling agent. (references) |
| "Carburettor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.25% of the time. "Carburettor" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.25% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Noun (common) | 1.75% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 57 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "carburettor": carburettor-type. | |
Ending with "carburettor": twin-carburettor. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carburettor | 17 |
amal carburettor | 3 |
carburettor diagram weber | 2 |
carburettor dellorto spare | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carburettor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | karburator (carburetter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | æ°"化器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | karburátor (carburetor, carburetter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | karburator (carburator, carburetor, vaporizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vergasser (carburator, carburetor, vaporizing plate, vapourising plate), carburateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | karburilo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کابوراتور(carburetor=). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaasutin (vaporizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | carburateur (carburator, carburetor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vergaser (carburator, carbureter, carburetor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καÏμπιÏατÎÏ (carburator, carburetor), καÏμπυÏατÎÏ, εξαεÏωτήÏας (gas purger, non condensable gas purger, vaporizer), αναμικτήÏας (agitator, mixer), διάταξη καÏσης (carburator, carburetor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קרבורטור. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | karburátor (carburetor, carburetter), porlasztó (atomizer, carburetor, carburetter, diffuser, nose, pulverizer, sprayer, vaporizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | carbradóir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | carburatore (carburator, carburetor, carburetter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기í™"기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | carbreyder tayrn neose (down-draught carburettor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | forgasser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | karbureter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arburettorcay carburador (carburator, carburetor). (various references) carburator. (various references) карбюратор (carburetor, carburetter). (various references) carburador (carburator, carburetor). (various references) karburator (carburetor, carburetter), förgasare (carburetor, carburetter). (various references) karbüratör (carburetor, carburetter). (various references) карбюратор. (various references) bộ chế hoà khà (carburetter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "carburettor": carburettors. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-o-r-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: carburetor. | |
-2 letters: retractor. | |
-3 letters: barretor, carburet, obturate, retroact, tabourer, tabouret, torturer, turbocar. | |
-4 letters: abettor, aborter, abutter, bracero, courter, creator, curator, curtate, outrace, outrate, reactor, retract, taborer, taboret, torture, tractor. | |
-5 letters: acuter, arbour, arbute, barret, barter, batter, battue, bettor, boater, borate, bracer, burrer, butter, carrot, carter, coater, coteau, cottae, cottar, cotter, couter, crater, curare, curate, curber. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-o-r-r-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: carburettors. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 62 75 72 65 74 74 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. -... ..- .-. . - - --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01100010 01110101 01110010 01100101 01110100 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r b u r e t t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0062 0075 0072 0065 0074 0074 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767846887847186868184 |
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