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diesel engine

internal combustion engine with quality rotational frequency governing, internal mixture formation, lean air-fuel-ratio, diffusion flame and compression ignition
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Summary

diesel engine ranks in the top 0.72% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,000 views/month, #557 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Rudolf Diesel[2]
  • Named after: Rudolf Diesel[3]
  • Subclass of: reciprocating engine[4], automotive product[5]
  • Commons category: Diesel engines[6]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1893[7]
  • Source of energy: diesel fuel[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Diesel engines[9]
  • Location of creation: Munich[10]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[13]
  • Different from: Diesel[14]
  • Uses: diesel fuel[15]

Why It Matters

diesel engine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Diesel
    Source of energy → diesel fuel
    Named after → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1955516
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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