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diesel exhaust fluid

noun

Etymology

From diesel exhaust + fluid. From being a liquid, which is a class of fluid, used for the treatment of the exhaust from diesel internal combustion engines.

  1. derived from *bʰleh₁-✻ — “to swell; surge; overflow; run”
  2. derived from fluō — “to flow”
  3. derived from fluidus — “flowing; fluid”
  4. inherited from fluid

Definitions

  1. A liquid used to reduce controlled emissions from the exhaust of diesel engines.

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