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DIESEL-ELECTRIC

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Dictionary entry overview: What does diesel-electric mean?

• DIESEL-ELECTRIC (noun)
The noun DIESEL-ELECTRIC has 1 sense:

1. a locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine

Familiarity information: DIESEL-ELECTRIC used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIESEL-ELECTRIC (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diesel-electric; diesel-electric locomotive

Hypernyms ("diesel-electric" is a kind of...):

diesel locomotive (a locomotive driven by a diesel engine)

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