Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A diesel engine.
- noun A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
- noun Any of various fuels used to power diesel engines, especially one derived from petroleum.
- intransitive verb To continue running after the ignition has been turned off, as when an open throttle supplies fuel to an engine that is still sufficiently hot to ignite it.
- intransitive verb To drive a diesel-powered vehicle.
- intransitive verb To refuel a diesel-powered vehicle. Often used with up.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually a heavy oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fuel derived frompetroleum (or other oils) but heavier thangasoline /petrol . Used to powerdiesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced whenair iscompressed - noun A
vehicle powered by adiesel engine - noun UK, slang
snakebite and black - verb To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression
- verb automotive For a spark-ignition
internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air/fuel without a spark, the same way heat and pressure cause ignition in adiesel engine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
- noun German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lards are too thick to use in diesel engines, Eva.
Greasy Rider (copy) ____Maggie 2009
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I have heard you can take corn and soak it in diesel fuel, this makes it sour so the deer and turkey don't eat it all
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So costly diesel is great for Genesee & Wyoming (No. 94), which owns 10,000 miles of railroads in the U.S. and Australia.
Get Briefed: Ron Baron Alexandra Zendrian 2010
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My main truck, an F250 super duty diesel is the best of the lot.
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Therefore, biodiesel can be used in diesel engines without expensive alterations to the engine or fuel system.
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So costly diesel is great for Genesee & Wyoming (No. 94), which owns 10,000 miles of railroads in the U.S. and Australia.
Get Briefed: Ron Baron Alexandra Zendrian 2010
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Pitch black -- hott, raw, and the fewer the lines the better for vin diesel as an actor. really liked how deadly he was with the knife.
Vin Diesel and David Twohy to Finally Make 3rd CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK – Collider.com 2010
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Produced by California startup company Amarys, this synthetic diesel is called "No Compromise Fuel."
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The 3 diesel is even quicker, hitting 60 mph in 6.7 seconds.
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My main truck, an F250 super duty diesel is the best of the lot.
Telofy commented on the word diesel
Engines that turn clockwise.
January 19, 2014