diesel engine
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one cycle of a four-stroke
diesel engine
A. intake stroke
B. compression stroke
C. power stroke
D. exhaust stroke
diesel engine
n.
An internal-combustion engine that uses the heat of highly compressed air to ignite a spray of fuel introduced after the start of the compression stroke.
[After Rudolf Diesel.]
diesel engine
ordiesel motor
n
(Automotive Engineering) a type of internal-combustion engine in which atomized fuel oil is sprayed into the cylinder and ignited by compression alone
die′sel en`gine
n.
a compression-ignition engine in which a spray of fuel, introduced into air compressed to a temperature of approximately 1000° F (538° C), ignites at a virtually constant pressure.
[1890–95]
die·sel engine
(dē′zəl) An internal-combustion engine in which the fuel oil is ignited by the heat of air that has been highly compressed in the cylinder.
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| Noun | 1. |  diesel engine - an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oildiesel locomotive - a locomotive driven by a diesel engine internal-combustion engine, ICE - a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine |
Translations
ديزِل
dieselový motor
dieselmotor
dízelmotor
dísilhreyfill, dísilvél
dyzelinis kurasdyzelinis variklis
dīzeļmotors
dieselový motor
dizel motoru
diesel engine
(ˈdiːzəl) an internal-combustion engine in lorries etc, in which a heavy form of oil is used.
diesel fuel/oil heavy oil used as fuel for a diesel engine.