diesel

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diesel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Diesel \Diesel\, Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ or Diesel motor
  \Die"sel mo`tor\ (d[=e]"zel). [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of
     Munich, the inventor.]
     A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn
     in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the
     heat generated ignites the fuel (usually a heavy oil), the
     fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under
     pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal
     efficiency.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

diesel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Diesel
      n 1: German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel
           engine (1858-1913) [syn: Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
           ]
      2: an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [syn:
         diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor]

diesel - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  DIESEL
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