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petrodiesels

petrodiesels is the plural of petrodiesel.

Meaning of petrodiesel

Noun

petrodiesel (countable and uncountable, plural petrodiesels)

  1. (retronym) Diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel).
    • Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.2007, Ayhan Demirbas, Biodiesel: A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 197

Questions about petrodiesels

What is petrodiesels the plural of?
Petrodiesels is the plural of petrodiesel.

Words near petrodiesels in the dictionary

  1. petrocultures
  2. petrocurrencies
  3. petrocurrency
  4. petrodentine
  5. petrodiesel
  6. petrodiesels
  7. petrodollar
  8. petrodollars
  9. Petrodvorets
  10. petroeuro
  11. petroeuros

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