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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With the turbo whistling even when the engine isn't strained, the medium-sized four-cylinder almost sounds like a diesel engine.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Both fuel types are needed because gasoline and diesel engines have different strengths.
—Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Adding to the urgency for buying the replacement is that this is the last year for that generation of diesel engine.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The Japanese truck and engine manufacturer was charged with fraud in US District Court in Detroit for unlawfully selling 105,000 heavy-duty diesel engines in the United States from 2010 through 2022 that did not meet emissions standards.
—Reuters, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Both fuel types are needed because gasoline and diesel engines have different strengths.
—Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Adding to the urgency for buying the replacement is that this is the last year for that generation of diesel engine.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The Japanese truck and engine manufacturer was charged with fraud in US District Court in Detroit for unlawfully selling 105,000 heavy-duty diesel engines in the United States from 2010 through 2022 that did not meet emissions standards.
—Reuters, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Diesel engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel%20engine. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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