dieselise

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A form of dieselize — To convert or adapt an engine to diesel fuel.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbdieselise (third-person singular simple present dieselises, present participle dieselising, simple past and past participle dieselised)

present singular third person dieselises · participle present dieselising · participle past dieselised · past dieselised

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of dieselize.

    In conjunction, much freight traffic was to be dieselised under the W.R. scheme.

    1963 January, Jeffrey P. Burke, “Railway crossroads of the north-west: Shrewsbury”, in Modern Railways, page 56
    1 more example

    In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work.

    1958 April 28, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 268

Origin

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