diesel-electric
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English
Adjective
diesel-electric (not comparable)
- Describing a power system in which a diesel engine powers an electrical generator.
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Noun
diesel-electric (plural diesel-electrics)
- (rail transport) A diesel-electric locomotive.
- Hypernyms: diesel locomotive < locomotive
- 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 55:
- Brush supplied shunters to industrial clients, but the first significant main line order came from the Ceylon Government Railway in 1950 for 25 diesel-electrics.
References
- “diesel-electric”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.