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diesel engines

diesel engines is the plural of diesel engine.

Meaning of diesel engine

Noun

diesel engine (plural diesel engines)

  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.
    • Two Voith-North British hydraulic transmissions are fitted, each connected through a Hardy Spicer cardan shaft to its appropriate diesel engine.1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
    Synonyms:
    diesel motor
    1. (usually) Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
  2. a diesel locomotive.

Questions about diesel engines

What is diesel engines the plural of?
Diesel engines is the plural of diesel engine.

Words near diesel engines in the dictionary

  1. dies the way one lived
  2. diesel
  3. diesel dyke
  4. diesel dykes
  5. diesel engine
  6. diesel engines
  7. diesel exhaust
  8. diesel exhaust fluid
  9. diesel exhaust fluids
  10. diesel fuel
  11. diesel fuels

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