diesel engine

Summary

diesel engine ranks in the top 0.72% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,681 views/month, #557 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• diesel engine is credited with the discovery of Rudolf Diesel^[2].
• Rudolf Diesel is named after diesel engine^[3].
• diesel engine is a type of reciprocating engine^[4].
• diesel engine is a type of automotive product^[5].
• diesel engine's Commons category is recorded as Diesel engines^[6].
• diesel engine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1893^[7].
• diesel engine's source of energy is recorded as diesel fuel^[8].
• diesel engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diesel engines^[9].
• diesel engine's location of creation is recorded as Munich^[10].
• diesel engine's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• diesel engine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• diesel engine's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[13].
• diesel engine's different from is recorded as Diesel^[14].
• diesel engine's uses is recorded as diesel fuel^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include reciprocating engine^[4] and automotive product^[5].

Origins

Rudolf Diesel is named after diesel engine^[3].

Why It Matters

diesel engine ranks in the top 0.72% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,681 views/month, #557 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]