Diesel-hydraulic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Diesel-hydraulic is an adjective meaning (mechanical engineering) Powered by a diesel engine via a hydraulic transmission.
Meaning
(mechanical engineering) Powered by a diesel engine via a hydraulic transmission.
More Meanings
- (rail transport) A diesel-hydraulic locomotive.
Example Sentences
The elimination of vacuum-braked wagons would be slowed down, and the Western Region's flirtation with diesel-hydraulic locomotives was questioned.
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.
Word Forms
- diesel-hydraulics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include diesel-powered, electrohydraulic, gas-powered, hydropneumatic, airdraulic, hydropowered.
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