Concept: diesel engine in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2177
Preferred label diesel engine
Definition An internal combustion engine operating on a thermodynamic cycle in which the ratio of compression of the air charge is sufficiently high to ignite the fuel subsequently injected into the combustion chamber.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • dizel-motor [hr]
  • κινητήρας ντίζελ [el]
Has broader
Has exact match
Has close match
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