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dieselization

The English word “dieselization” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

From diesel + -ization.

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