diesel engine (English, noun)
expansion: diesel engine (plural diesel engines)
Senses:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
wikidata: Q174174
glosses: 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.
topics: automotive
engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
wikidata: Q174174
glosses: 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).
tags: usually
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
wikidata: Q34336
glosses: a diesel locomotive.
Forms:
form: diesel engines
tags: plural