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semidiesels

semidiesels is the plural of semidiesel.

Meaning of semidiesel

Noun

semidiesel (plural semidiesels)

  1. (attributive, often) An internal combustion engine of a type resembling the diesel engine in having heavy oil for its fuel, which is injected in a spray just before the end of the compression stroke and is fired without electrical ignition. The fuel is sprayed into an iron box (called a hot bulb or hot pot) opening into the combustion chamber, and heated for ignition by a blast lamp until the engine is running, when it is ordinarily kept red-hot by the heat of combustion.

Questions about semidiesels

What is semidiesels the plural of?
Semidiesels is the plural of semidiesel.

Words near semidiesels in the dictionary

  1. semidiaphaneity
  2. semidiaphanous
  3. semidiatessaron
  4. semidiatessarons
  5. semidiesel
  6. semidiesels
  7. semidigested
  8. semidilapidated
  9. semidilapidation
  10. semidilute
  11. semidiluted

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