Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auxiliary power unit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: aux-il-iary pow-er u-nit
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A generator in aircraft or other vehicles for providing electric power to various systems, such as lighting, especially when the main engines are not running.

Inflected Forms

auxiliary power units (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

APU

Questions

What does auxiliary power unit mean?: A generator in aircraft or other vehicles for providing electric power to various systems, such as lighting, especially when the main engines are not running.

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