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glow plug
noun Automotive, Machinery.
a device for each cylinder of a diesel engine with a heating element to heat the incoming fuel and air so that combustion will take place more readily when the engine is cold.
Origin:
1940–45
1940–45
Related forms
glow-plug, adjective
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| glow plug | |
| —n | |
| Also called: heater plug one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather | |
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