diesel engine

Definitions

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.
2. Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
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3. a diesel locomotive.

Equivalents

Examples

“Two Voith-North British hydraulic transmissions are fitted, each connected through a Hardy Spicer cardan shaft to its appropriate diesel engine.”

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