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Recent Examples of turbo from the Web
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The Environmental Protection Agency rates the turbo 3-liter’s fuel economy at 16 miles per gallon in the city, 24 highway and a 19 m.p.g.
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An all-new, mass-efficient body structure is at the center of the Equinox's trimmer curb weight and helps make the most of the available turbo engine options.
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Active Mars moves into your zone of relationships Sunday, turbo-charging your social life between now and July 20.
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Michael Knight, has been giving it all a bit of a turbo boost.
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The engine in the 570S is a derivation of the powerplant used in every McLaren street car, a twin-turbo, 3.8-liter V8.
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Wisconsin State took second with strikingly similar formula: a through-the-road parallel hybrid electric vehicle with a 1.9-liter GM direct injection turbo diesel engine fueled by B20.
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Origin and Etymology of turbo
turbo-
First Known Use: 1904
turbo-
combining form
tur·bo
Definition of turbo-
1 : coupled directly to a driving turbine turbofan
2 : consisting of or incorporating a turbine turbojet engine
Origin and Etymology of turbo-
turbine
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