diesel motor

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diesel
noun
uk
/ˈdiː.zəl/us
/ˈdiː.zəl/
a type of heavy oil used ...
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motor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tər/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a device that changes electricity or fuel into movement and makes a ...
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Thedieselmotormultiple units are fast ending their lives; they have been running 10 years at least and most of them for 15 to 20 years.
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We do not as yet know how to cleanse the atmosphere of sulphur or carbon monoxide, for instance, produced from the exhausts of petrol ordieselmotorvehicles.
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They used to dump the leftover dirt about a hundred meters from the mine entrance by using a little cart run by adieselmotor.
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The motor can also run on its own while the car is entering a pit lane, shutting thedieselmotoroff to conserve fuel.
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It was powered by a 2000 cc turbochargeddieselmotor.
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Besides electric power, it also uses adieselmotor.
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In order to start thedieselmotor, it has to be pre-heated.
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It had an auxiliarydieselmotoras well as a wireless transmitter.
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Although often described as "steamers", all are nowdieselmotorvessels.
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To recharge the batteries, power from thedieselmotor, charge utilizing regenerative braking, or a combination of both is used.
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The 1933 refit was the most extensive, replacing the steam engine with a new 300 hpdieselmotor.
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The prototypes were selected to maximize the number of shared parts (e.g., almost all of the cab anddieselmotorparts), apparently in order to minimize tooling costs.
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The crankshaft is a precision forged unit running in seven three-layer bearings, with counterweights bolted onto the crank webs, much like any otherdieselmotorof its vintage.
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I believe it is now high time we abolished the exemption for diesel motors, i.e. for trains from 1978.
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That is why from diesel motors run properly, whose exhausts are properly clean, there is only a reasonable amount of smoke.
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The boats had diesel motors for surface running and electricity generation, but when underwater ran off electric motors.
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The diesel motors were built into the chassis underneath the vehicle.
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It initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers, railway locomotives and traction equipment, diesel motors and steam turbines.
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Diesel motors are used to pump water for irrigation from these shallow wells.
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One of the real diesel motors however stopped working even before the legal minimum was reached, presumably due to an undersized filter heater.
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