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  1. A diesel engine is an internal-combustion
  2. engine that burns a lightweight fuel oil. The
  3. diesel engine operates by compressing air
  4. until it becomes sufficiently hot to ignite
  5. the fuel. It is a piston-in-cylinder engine,
  6. like the gasoline engine.
  7.  
  8. Subject by: Darren Wells
  9.