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dieselization

dieselization noun: the conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel.

dieselization: the conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
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Noun

dieselization (countable and uncountable, plural dieselizations)

  1. The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
  2. The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines
  3. The replacement of steam (or, more rarely, electric) locomotives with diesel locomotives.
    • Erie, always an interesting road to watch, fortified itself in the late '20's with the largest roster of Berkshires in the land, and these engines were easily able to sustain the road until dieselization …1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.

Forms of dieselization

pluraldieselizations
alternative formdieselisation

Origin of dieselization

From diesel + -ization.

Questions about dieselization

What does dieselization mean?
Dieselization means the conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel.
What part of speech is dieselization?
Dieselization is a noun.
What is the plural of dieselization?
The plural of dieselization is dieselizations.

Words near dieselization in the dictionary

  1. dieselisations
  2. dieselise
  3. dieselised
  4. dieselises
  5. dieselising
  6. dieselization
  7. dieselizations
  8. dieselize
  9. dieselized
  10. dieselizes
  11. dieselizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dieselization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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