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turbocharger
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turbocharger
a centrifugal compressor which boosts the intake pressure of an internal-combustion engine, driven by an exhaust-gas turbine fitted to the engine's exhaust manifold


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Concialdi's team made the $28,000 car into something a Ferrari would have trouble keeping up with by essentially bolting on everything from headers, an entire exhaust system, a computer and a turbo charger to the existing engine and chassis.
The turbo chargers are provided to PSA for the Peugeot 207, Peugeot Partner, and Citroen C3, C4 and Berlingo.
The carry trade served as a kind of turbo charger for the financial markets, a process which has come to an end as the Federal Reserve raised short-term rates to over 4 percent while long-term rates have failed to rise by a proportional amount comparatively, flattening the so-called yield curve.
 
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