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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diesel motor
Antonyms: none provided
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Topics: automotive, engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, transport, vehicles
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diesel motor
Antonyms: none provided
a diesel locomotive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engine, locomotive, machine
an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diesel, diesel motor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: internal-combustion engine, ICE
Named after Rudolf Diesel. More in Wikipedia at diesel engine § History.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
dieselenjin
— type of engine
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Arabic:
محرك ديزل
— type of engine
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Azerbaijani:
dizel mühərriki
— type of engine
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Belarusian:
дызельны рухавік
(dyzjelʹny ruxavik)
— type of engine
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Bulgarian:
дизелов двигател
(dizelov dvigatel)
— type of engine
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Catalan:
motor dièsel
— type of engine
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Chinese Mandarin:
柴油引擎
— type of engine
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Czech:
dieselový motor
— type of engine
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Czech:
vznětový motor
— type of engine
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Danish:
dieselmotor
— type of engine
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Dutch:
dieselmotor
— type of engine
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Esperanto:
dizelmotoro
— type of engine
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Estonian:
diiselmootor
— type of engine
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Finnish:
dieselmoottori
— type of engine
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French:
moteur Diesel
— type of engine
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Galician:
motor diésel
— type of engine
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German:
Dieselmotor
— type of engine
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German:
Diesel
— type of engine
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Greek:
κινητήρας ντίζελ
(kinitíras ntízel)
— type of engine
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Hebrew:
מְנוֹעַ דִּיזֶל
(menoa dizel)
— type of engine
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Hindi:
डीज़ल इंजन
(ḍīzal iñjan)
— type of engine
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Hungarian:
dízelmotor
— type of engine
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Icelandic:
dísilvél
— type of engine
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Ido:
dizel-motoro
— type of engine
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Indonesian:
mesin diesel
— type of engine
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Irish:
inneall díosail
— type of engine
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Italian:
motore Diesel
— type of engine
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Japanese:
ディーゼルエンジン
(dīzeru-enjin)
— type of engine
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Kazakh:
дизель қозғалтқыш
(dizel qozğaltqyş)
— type of engine
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Latvian:
dīzeļdzinējs
— type of engine
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Lithuanian:
dýzelis
— type of engine
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Lithuanian:
dyzeli̇̀nis vari̇̀klis
— type of engine
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Malay:
enjin diesel
— type of engine
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Malayalam:
ഡീസൽ എഞ്ചിൻ
(ḍīsal eñciṉ)
— type of engine
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Marathi:
डीझेल इंजिन
(ḍījhel iñjin)
— type of engine
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Mongolian:
дизель хөдөлгүүр
(dizelʹ xödölgüür)
— type of engine
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Nepali:
डिजेल इन्जिन
(ḍijel injina)
— type of engine
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dieselmotor
— type of engine
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
dieselmotor
— type of engine
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Persian:
موتور دیزل
— type of engine
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Polish:
silnik wysokoprężny
— type of engine
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Polish:
silnik o zapłonie samoczynnym
— type of engine
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Portuguese:
motor a diesel
— type of engine
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Romanian:
motor diesel
— type of engine
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Russian:
ди́зельный дви́гатель
(dízelʹnyj dvígatelʹ)
— type of engine
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Serbo-Croatian:
dizel motor
— type of engine
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Serbo-Croatian:
dieselov motor
— type of engine
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Slovak:
naftový motor
— type of engine
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Spanish:
motor diésel
— type of engine
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Swedish:
dieselmotor
— type of engine
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Tamil:
டீசல் பொறி
(ṭīcal poṟi)
— type of engine
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Telugu:
డీజిల్ ఇంజన్
(ḍījil iñjan)
— type of engine
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Thai:
เครื่องยนต์ดีเซล
— type of engine
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Turkish:
dizel motoru
— type of engine
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Ukrainian:
дизельний двигун
(dyzelʹnyj dvyhun)
— type of engine
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Urdu:
ڈیزل انجن
— type of engine
