diesel

Named after inventor Rudolf Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.

• enPR: dē'zəl, IPA^(key): /ˈdiːzəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdisəl/, /ˈdizəl/

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• Rhymes: -iːzəl

diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)

1. 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.
2. (countable) A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
   • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to Mexico's last new steam locomotives.

     Their effective service life was cut short by an almost simultaneous switch to diesels - a circumstance shared with many an engine north of the border.

3. (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
4. (Britain, slang) Snakebite and black (a drink).
5. (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.

diesel (third-person singular simple present diesels, present participle dieseling, simple past and past participle dieseled)

1. To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression
2. (automotive) For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air and fuel mixture without a spark, the same way that heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.

   The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.

• biodiesel
• dieseldom
• dieselization, dieselisation
• red diesel

• derv
• diesel engine
• diesel knock
• diesel locomotive

• diesel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Seidel, ediles, elides, ideles, sedile, seidel

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.zəl/

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diesel m (uncountable)

1. diesel

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːsel/, [ˈdiːs̠e̞l]

diesel

1. diesel car, diesel (automobile powered with a diesel motor)
2. diesel motor, diesel engine
3. diesel, diesel fuel

• (diesel car): dieselauto
• (diesel motor): dieselmoottori
• (diesel fuel): dieselöljy, dieselpolttoaine, nafta

• Liedes, edelsi

diesel m (plural diesels)

1. Alternative form of diésel

diesel m (invariable)

1. diesel (engine; vehicle)

• sedile

Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural diesler, definite plural dieslene)

1. diesel (fuel)
2. a diesel (diesel engine)

• biodiesel
• dieselmotor
• dieselmotorvogn

• “diesel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural dieselar, definite plural dieselane)

1. diesel (fuel)
2. a diesel (diesel engine)

• biodiesel
• dieselmotor
• dieselmotorvogn

• “diesel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

diesel m (uncountable)

1. diesel (fuel)

• óleo diesel

diesel m (uncountable)

1. diesel

diesel c

1. diesel; a fuel
2. diesel; a vehicle