distillate diesel fuel
1Diesel fuel — Diesel oil redirects here. Sometimes diesel oil is used to mean lubricating oil for diesel engines. Diesel fuel (  / …
2diesel fuel — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines. Also called diesel oil. * * * …
3No. 1 diesel fuel — A light distillate fuel oil that has a distillation temperature of 550 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90 percent recovery point and meets the specifications defined in ASTM Specification D 975. It is used in high speed diesel engines generally… …
4No. 2 diesel fuel — A distillate fuel oil that has a distillation temperature of 640 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90 percent recovery point and meets the specifications defined in ASTM Specification D 975. It is used in high speed diesel engines that are generally… …
5Fuel oil — An oil tanker taking on bunker fuel. Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. Broadly speaking, fuel oil is any liquid petroleum product that is burned in a furnace or boiler for the… …
6Distillate fuel oil — A general classification for one of the petroleum fractions produced in conventional distillation operations. It includes diesel fuels and fuel oils. Products known as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 diesel fuel are used in on highway diesel engines,… …
7diesel engine — a compression ignition engine in which a spray of fuel, introduced into air compressed to a temperature of approximately 1000° F (538° C), ignites at a virtually constant pressure. Also called diesel. [1890 95] * * * Internal combustion engine in …
8fuel oil — A heavy petroleum distillate ranging from #1 (kerosene or range oil), #2 (diesel fuel), up through #6 (heavy bunker fuels). To be identified as fuel oil, a sample must exhibit a homologous series of normal alkanes ranging from C9 upward …
9fuel oil — ☆ fuel oil n. any oil used for fuel; esp., a petroleum distillate used in diesel engines …
10diesel oil — /ˈdizəl ɔɪl/ (say deezuhl oyl) noun the oil which remains after petrol and kerosene have been distilled from crude petroleum; used as a fuel for diesel engines and for carburetting water gas; distillate. Also, diesel, dieseline, gas oil …
