diesel-electric

English

Adjective

diesel-electric (not comparable)

Describing a power system in which a diesel engine powers an electrical generator.

Translations

Translations

German: dieselelektrisch (de)
Irish: díosal-leictreach
Italian: diesel-elettrico

Noun

diesel-electric (plural diesel-electrics)

(rail transport) A diesel-electric 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.

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