genset

English

Etymology

Short for generator set.

Noun

genset (plural gensets)

  1. An internal combustion engine equipped with an electric generator, such as an industrial unit or a range-extender trailer extending the range of battery-powered electric vehicles.
    • 2019 October, “Marston Vale '230s' struggle”, in Modern Railways, page 88:
      Battery prototype unit 230002 has been made into a three-car hybrid unit with the insertion of a centre vehicle housing four diesel gensets.

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