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  • noun The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
  • noun The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines

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Examples

  • But the flipside of the coin is, once upon a time diesel was subsidised like this and Dr. Vijay Kelkar used to call it the dieselization of the Indian economy.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2010

  • Delivered to the railroad in 1944, the 844 was the last steam locomotive built for the Union Pacific before dieselization.

    www.appeal-democrat.com - News : 2009

  • Delivered to the railroad in 1944, the 844 was the last steam locomotive built for the Union Pacific before dieselization.

    www.appeal-democrat.com - News : 2009

  • This was followed by increasing dieselization in Europe, and essentially, what ‟ s been happening over the last few years is that as the world refining centers move to hit the diesel targets, they are producing a lot of gasoline for which there is no local market.

    OPNTALK 2008

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