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biodiesel

[ bahy-oh-dee-zuhl, ‐suhl ]

noun

  1. a biofuel that, alone or blended with diesel fuel, can be substituted for standard diesel fuel in an unmodified diesel engine: blended forms of biodiesel are also used as heating oils.


biodiesel

/ ˈbaɪəʊˌdiːzəl /

noun

  1. a biofuel intended for use in diesel engines
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biodiesel

/ ō-dē′zəl,-səl /

  1. See under biofuel


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Word History and Origins

Origin of biodiesel1

First recorded in 1980–85; bio- ( def ) + diesel ( def ); petrodiesel ( def )
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Example Sentences

To my left was a massive biodiesel train engine, capable of generating 600 horsepower and 30,000 pound-feet of torque.

Undeterred, Indonesia is working to increase the palm component in its biodiesel, which it markets as “Green Diesel,” and to develop other palm-based biofuels.

It also became a biodiesel feedstock in Asia, although research suggests that making biodiesel from palms grown on newly cleared land increases greenhouse gas emissions instead of reducing them.

It increased biodiesel production from 5 million to 12 million gallons per year, funded in part by a grant from the California Energy Commission.

That’s New Leaf Biofuel, a company on Newton Avenue that converts used restaurant cooking oil into biodiesel.

And if the buses are fueled with biodiesel, carbon-dioxide emissions would be cut by 90 percent.

The report told a similar story for soybeans, which are used primarily to make food oils, biodiesel, and livestock feed.

Effervescent citrus and biodiesel fumes, moist vegetation and the hum of lazy high noon bugs.

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