diesel engine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: diesel engine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for diesel engine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diesel engine n an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [syn: diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ [or] motor \mo`tor\ [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 crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.