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diesel-electrics

diesel-electrics is the plural of diesel-electric.

Meaning of diesel-electric

Noun

diesel-electric (plural diesel-electrics)

  1. A diesel-electric locomotive.
    • Brush supplied shunters to industrial clients, but the first significant main line order came from the Ceylon Government Railway in 1950 for 25 diesel-electrics.2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 55

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Questions about diesel-electrics

What is diesel-electrics the plural of?
Diesel-electrics is the plural of diesel-electric.

Words near diesel-electrics in the dictionary

  1. diesel particulate filter
  2. diesel therapy
  3. diesel tree
  4. diesel trees
  5. diesel-electric
  6. diesel-electrics
  7. diesel-hydraulic
  8. diesel-hydraulics
  9. diesel-powered
  10. dieseldom
  11. dieseled

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