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COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINE [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diesel Motors
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A high-compression internal-combustion engine used when high load factors are encountered.

CONT

In the diesel engine, air is drawn into the cylinder and compressed to approximately 500 psi. Ignition occurs as fuel is injected into the compressed and heated air. Combustion takes place within the cylinder above the piston, and expansion of the combustion products provides power to the piston.

OBS

diesel engine: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory.

OBS

Diesel engine: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs diesel
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Moteur à combustion interne à haute compression provoquant l'auto-allumage du combustible (gazole ou huile lourde).

OBS

diésel : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

moteur diesel : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir.

OBS

moteur Diesel : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores diesel
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
DEF

[Motor de combustión interna] que utiliza gasóleo como carburante, el cual se inflama por la compresión a que se somete la mezcla de aire y combustible en el cilindro, sin necesidad de bujías.

OBS

diésel: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que biodiésel y diésel se escriben con tilde en la primera e. [...] Tanto biodiésel como diésel son voces llanas terminadas en consonante distinta de n o s; por tanto, según señala la Ortografía académica, deben escribirse con tilde. El acento recae en la e, por ser esta la vocal abierta del diptongo. [...] Se recuerda, además, que en parte de América se emplea el sustantivo dísel, también adecuado.

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Diesel Motors
OBS

only the compression-ignition and fuel--of Diesel' s original engines are retained in the modern high-speed diesel engine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Moteurs diesel
OBS

-- ou introduction rapide du gas-oil pulvérisé dans le cylindre à la fin de la compression.

Spanish

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