dieselization

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
2. noun The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines
3. noun The replacement of steam (or, more rarely, electric) locomotives with diesel locomotives.

Similar words

dieselisation diesel laundering dehydrogenization internal combustion decompression hydrodenitrogenation decarburisation hydrodesulfurisation catalytic reformer hydrodenitrification

Often followed by

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Word family

dieselizations dieselize dieselized dieselizes dieselizing