diesel engine
noun
: an internal combustion engine in which air is compressed to a temperature sufficiently high to ignite fuel injected into the cylinder where the combustion and expansion actuate a piston
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Calvert has introduced bipartisan legislation that would reduce diesel engine emissions and voted to roll back the Biden administration's WOTUS rule.
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
Like going in and changing governor gain scheduling, for example, on a diesel engine would have a negative consequence on the emissions that [an] engine produces.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
Luckily, the train arrives with a fresh breeze, ten carriages drawn by a diesel engine, the red of the Turkish flag.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
Thor says the electric drive system doubles the available torque of a diesel engine, providing confident acceleration in highway traffic and sure, steady climbing in the mountains.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
Like going in and changing governor gain scheduling, for example, on a diesel engine would have a negative consequence on the emissions that [an] engine produces.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
Luckily, the train arrives with a fresh breeze, ten carriages drawn by a diesel engine, the red of the Turkish flag.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
Thor says the electric drive system doubles the available torque of a diesel engine, providing confident acceleration in highway traffic and sure, steady climbing in the mountains.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Diesel engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel%20engine. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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