diesel-hydraulic in English
noun
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a diesel-hydraulic locomotive.
Upon this, permission was given to order a small number of diesel-hydraulics as part of the pilot scheme.
adjective
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denoting or relating to a locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine.
As there are reasonably easy sections, the line was worked by ‘rack-and-adhesion’ locomotives, the principle of which was applicable to all three types but not to an experimental diesel-hydraulic locomotive seen on site in 1963.
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1. Adapts is a parachute-dropped system utilizing diesel-hydraulic submersible pumps to transfer oil to large, seaworthy rubberized nylon containers (often called tanks or …