- diesel⇄adj. 1. equipped with or run by a diesel engine.
Ex. a diesel locomotive. Its truck fleets include 250 diesel tractors (Wall Street Journal)
2. of or for a diesel engine.
Ex. diesel fuel. - diesel⇄diesel orDiesel cycle
a thermodynamic cycle of operations, performed in four strokes or two strokes by a diesel engine. It consists of intake of air, compression of air, injection and ignition of fuel accompanied by expansion of burned mixture, and - diesel⇄diesel orDiesel engine
an internal-combustion engine in which fuel oil is ignited by heat from compression of air in the cylinder heads. - diesel⇄diesel orDiesel motor,diesel engine.
- diesel⇄diesel orDiesel, noun, adjective, verb.
- diesel⇄noun 1. diesel engine.
2. a truck, locomotive, train, tractor, or construction equipment, run by a diesel engine.
3. diesel oil. - diesel⇄v.i. (of an internal combustion engine) to continue firing after the ignition has been shut off.
Ex. When hot, the engine would diesel ... after the ignition was switched off (Popular Science).