Diesel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- diesel noun A heavy fuel oil used in engines that ignite fuel through compression rather than a spark.
Senses
Diesel is used for these senses in English:
- diesel A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.
- diesel engine (mechanical engineering) 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.
diesel — full definition
- noun A heavy fuel oil used in engines that ignite fuel through compression rather than a spark.
- noun A diesel-powered engine or vehicle.
- verb For a petrol engine to keep running briefly after it’s switched off, due to residual heat igniting the fuel.