20 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > wastegate
wastegate
A valve used to limit the boost developed in a turbocharger. A wastegate allows some of an engine's exhaust flow to bypass the turbocharger's turbine under certain conditions.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Automotive
- Category: Vehicle equipment
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Holiday Category: Religious holidays
Hanukkah
Also spelled Chanukah, Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight days, celebrated as a re-dedication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. A ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Carissa
0
Terms
6
Blossaries
1
Followers
Rhetoric of the American Revolution
Category: Education 1 20 Terms
20 TermsBrowers Terms By Category
- Alcohol & Hydroxybenzene & Ether(29)
- Pigments(13)
- Organic acids(4)
- Intermediates(1)
Organic chemicals(47) Terms
- Zoological terms(611)
- Animal verbs(25)
Zoology(636) Terms
- Christmas(52)
- Easter(33)
- Spring festival(22)
- Thanksgiving(15)
- Spanish festivals(11)
- Halloween(3)
Festivals(140) Terms
- Architecture(556)
- Interior design(194)
- Graphic design(194)
- Landscape design(94)
- Industrial design(20)
- Application design(17)