Air compressor or blower used in piston-type internal-combustion engines to increase the amount of air drawn into the cylinders by the movement of the pistons during each intake stroke. With the additional air, more fuel is burned, and the engine's power is increased. In aircraft engines, supercharging compensates for the reduced atmospheric pressure at high altitudes. Development of the gas turbine, which requires a constant flow of air and fuel, led to the turbosupercharger, a centrifugal blower driven by a small gas turbine powered by the exhaust gases from the engine cylinders
compressor that forces increased oxygen into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), normally powered from the crankshaft
{i} apparatus which forces air into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine to increase its power