Meaning of diesel-electric | Babel Free
Definitions
Describing a power system in which a diesel engine powers an electrical generator.
not-comparable
Equivalents
Deutsch
dieselelektrisch
Examples
“In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule⟳ for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type⟳, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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