Diesel vs Isocetane - What's the difference?
diesel | isocetane |
A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed
A vehicle powered by a diesel engine
(UK, slang) snakebite and black
To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression
(automotive) For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air/fuel without a spark, the same way heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.
(organic compound) 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, a highly branched alkane used as a reference in determining the cetane number of diesel.
As nouns the difference between diesel and isocetane
is that diesel is diesel fuel while isocetane is (organic compound) 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, a highly branched alkane used as a reference in determining the cetane number of diesel.diesel
English
(wikipedia diesel)Noun
Verb
(en verb)- The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling .
