Uprating
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The assignment of a higher rating.
"It is a revelation how uprating of a diesel locomotive by even 200 or 300 h.p. can affect its performance; the fact is that such uprating does not mean any addition to the h.p. output needed to move itself, so that the additional h.p. is almost entirely available at the drawbar."
- 2 An upgrade.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of uprate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"It is a revelation how uprating of a diesel locomotive by even 200 or 300 h.p. can affect its performance; the fact is that such uprating does not mean any addition to the h.p. output needed to move itself, so that the additional h.p. is almost entirely available at the drawbar."
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