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Diesel engine
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
"Two Voith-North British hydraulic transmissions are fitted, each connected through a Hardy Spicer cardan shaft to its appropriate diesel engine."
- 2 an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil wordnet
- 3 An internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.; Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel). usually
- 4 a diesel locomotive.
Etymology
Named after Rudolf Diesel. More in Wikipedia at diesel engine ยง History.
See also for "diesel engine"
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