Definition of Diesel motor

1. Noun. An internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil.

Exact synonyms: Diesel, Diesel Engine
Group relationships: Diesel Locomotive
Generic synonyms: Ice, Internal-combustion Engine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diesel Motor

dies non
dies on the vine
diesel
diesel-electric
diesel-electric locomotive
diesel-hydraulic
diesel-hydraulic locomotive
diesel engine
diesel engines
diesel fuel
diesel generator
diesel generators
diesel knock
diesel laundering
diesel locomotive
diesel motor (current term)
diesel oil
dieseled
dieseling
dieselings
dieselise
dieselization
dieselizations
dieselize
dieselized
dieselizes
dieselizing
dieselpunk
diesels
dieses

Literary usage of Diesel motor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"diesel motor* COMBUSTION MOTORS The Twentieth Year of the Diesel Engine (Les Vingt Ans du Moteur ... diesel motor An Interesting Small-Powered diesel motor. ..."

2. Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor by Rudolf Diesel (1894)
"The following gives the cycle of operations in the three vertical cylinders of the diesel motor, at the top or bottom of the three pistons. ..."

3. The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by James Alfred Ewing (1897)
"The diesel motor. Mr R. Diesel has described a heat motor possessing several distinctive features, and has embodied these in an oil-engine which has ..."

4. The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by James Alfred Ewing (1902)
"The diesel motor. Mr R. Diesel has described a heat motor possessing several distinctive features, and has embodied these in an oil-engine which has ..."

5. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"Since tar oil can be employed three to five times more efficiently in the Diesel motor than coal in the steam engine, it follows that coal can be much more ..."

6. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1909)
"The objection to this type of motor Better results are obtained by the use of the diesel motor, burning heavy oils, especially in connection with the ..."

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