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diesel-hydraulic

diesel-hydraulic adjective: powered by a diesel engine via a hydraulic transmission.

Adjective

diesel-hydraulic (not comparable)

  1. Powered by a diesel engine via a hydraulic transmission.
    • 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...1958 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 268
    • In November 1959, a paper entitled "The Swindon-built Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive" was presented to the Institute of Locomotive Engineers by Mr. G. E. Scholes and it contained some very interesting figures. One set was a comparison between the mileages achieved during a period of the first five...1961 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 153

Noun

diesel-hydraulic (plural diesel-hydraulics)

  1. A diesel-hydraulic locomotive.

Examples of diesel-hydraulic in a sentence

  • In November 1959, a paper entitled "The Swindon-built Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive" was presented to the Institute of Locomotive Engineers by Mr.1961 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 153:
  • The elimination of vacuum-braked wagons would be slowed down, and the Western Region's flirtation with diesel-hydraulic locomotives was questioned.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52:

Forms of diesel-hydraulic

pluraldiesel-hydraulics

Questions about diesel-hydraulic

What does diesel-hydraulic mean?
Diesel-hydraulic means powered by a diesel engine via a hydraulic transmission.
How do you use diesel-hydraulic in a sentence?
In November 1959, a paper entitled "The Swindon-built Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive" was presented to the Institute of Locomotive Engineers by Mr.
What part of speech is diesel-hydraulic?
Diesel-hydraulic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near diesel-hydraulic in the dictionary

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

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