diesel-electric

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diesel-electric (not comparable)

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

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diesel-electric (plural diesel-electrics)

  1. (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.

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