Definitions for diesel
ˈdi zəl, -səldiesel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Dieselnoun

   German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)

2. diesel, diesel engine, diesel motornoun

   an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dieselnoun

   A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed

2. dieselnoun

   A vehicle powered by a diesel engine

3. dieselverb

   To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression

4. dieselverb

   For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air/fuel without a spark, the same way heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.

   The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.

5. Etymology: From the inventor, Dr. Rudolph Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.

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1. diesel

   Diesel is a type of fuel derived from crude oil, specifically used for internal combustion in diesel engines. It is made through a refining process known as distillation, which separates hydrocarbon molecules in the oil. Diesel engines are commonly used in large vehicles and industrial machines due to their higher efficiency and power. Diesel can also refer to the type of engine that uses this kind of fuel.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DIESEL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Diesel is ranked #66754 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Diesel surname appeared 296 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Diesel.
   
   95.6% or 283 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Engineer
   • Internal-combustion Engine

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'diesel' in Nouns Frequency: #2382

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1600","1"],["1713","1"],["1817","1"],["1827","1"],["1838","2"],["1839","18"],["1841","1"],["1843","1"],["1854","54"],["1870","4"],["1876","1"],["1880","1"],["1881","3"],["1885","1"],["1889","2"],["1890","8"],["1891","1"],["1893","43"],["1896","1"],["1897","6"],["1900","11"],["1901","1"],["1902","19"],["1903","14"],["1904","18"],["1905","2"],["1906","28"],["1907","11"],["1909","7"],["1910","2"],["1911","1"],["1912","4"],["1913","1"],["1914","1"],["1915","2"],["1917","11"],["1918","9"],["1919","7"],["1920","5"],["1921","5"],["1922","75"],["1923","5"],["1924","20"],["1925","17"],["1926","443"],["1927","47"],["1928","37"],["1929","208"],["1930","153"],["1931","402"],["1932","293"],["1933","146"],["1934","291"],["1935","1367"],["1936","896"],["1937","970"],["1938","1073"],["1939","1236"],["1940","1409"],["1941","595"],["1942","1584"],["1943","1146"],["1944","2034"],["1945","1712"],["1946","1983"],["1947","2174"],["1948","2210"],["1949","3910"],["1950","5153"],["1951","4443"],["1952","5242"],["1953","4343"],["1954","6313"],["1955","7771"],["1956","7011"],["1957","6969"],["1958","6177"],["1959","8982"],["1960","8626"],["1961","6967"],["1962","9285"],["1963","11049"],["1964","10711"],["1965","8743"],["1966","9791"],["1967","11085"],["1968","10579"],["1969","9496"],["1970","10774"],["1971","12197"],["1972","11513"],["1973","12998"],["1974","11940"],["1975","13668"],["1976","12468"],["1977","14676"],["1978","15174"],["1979","17043"],["1980","18829"],["1981","22768"],["1982","21649"],["1983","23513"],["1984","23577"],["1985","21750"],["1986","22606"],["1987","21379"],["1988","23884"],["1989","22223"],["1990","25147"],["1991","23498"],["1992","26098"],["1993","23416"],["1994","24149"],["1995","26185"],["1996","27072"],["1997","29699"],["1998","32929"],["1999","34830"],["2000","33122"],["2001","36824"],["2002","39344"],["2003","42917"],["2004","48318"],["2005","49760"],["2006","49095"],["2007","52482"],["2008","46337"]]

Anagrams for diesel »

1. seidel

2. elides

3. sedile

How to pronounce diesel?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say diesel in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of diesel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of diesel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of diesel in a Sentence

1. German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt:

   We have been informed that also in Europe, vehicles with 1.6 and 2.0 liter diesel engines are affected by the manipulations that are being talked about, dEFEAT DEVICES.

2. Mary Nichols:

   Our tests of diesel vehicles will continue.

3. James Acton:

   The main danger here is damage to the systems needed to keep the fuel in the reactor cool -- external power lines, emergency diesel generators, equipment to dissipate heat from the reactor core, in a war, repairing this equipment or implementing countermeasures could be impossible. In the worst case, the fuel could melt and spread large amounts of radioactivity into the environment.

4. Ashish Savla:

   Diesel prices have jumped 16 percent in a year, but I couldn't raise freight charges by 5 percent. If I charge more, clients will use cheaper railroads.

5. Anne Hidalgo:

   I want to see the end of diesel in Paris by 2020, today 60 percent of Parisians already do not have cars, compared with 40 percent in 2001. Things are changing quickly.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=diesel
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Diesel
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=diesel