Lexic.us

Definition of Diesel motor

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diesel Motor

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 ..."

Other Resources: