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diesel
noun
- a type of internal-combustion engine that burns fuel oil: the ignition is brought about by heat resulting from air compression, instead of by an electric spark as in a gasoline engine
- a locomotive, truck, etc. powered by such an engine
intransitive verb
to continue to run after the ignition is turned off: said of an internal-combustion engine
See diesel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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