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glow plug

n.
A small electric heating element in an internal-combustion engine that facilitates starting by preheating the air in a cylinder and is used especially in diesel engines.
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glow plug

n
(Automotive Engineering) 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. Also called: heater plug
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glow′ plug`


n.
a device with a heating element that spreads fuel combustion at each cylinder of a cold diesel engine.
[1940–45]
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