diesel engine

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Meanings

noun

An internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
a diesel locomotive.

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Named after Rudolf Diesel. More in Wikipedia at diesel engine § History.

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