Definition of Combustion. Meaning of Combustion. Synonyms of Combustion

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Definition of Combustion

Combustion
Combustion Com*bus"tion (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F. combustion.] 1. The state of burning. 2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat. Combustion results in common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed. --Ure. Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion. 3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.] There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university. --Mede. But say from whence this new combustion springs. --Dryden.

Meaning of Combustion from wikipedia

- Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen...
- internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber...
- Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the pseudoscientific concept of the spontaneous combustion of a living (or recently deceased) human body without...
- A combustion engine is an engine which generates mechanical power by combustion of a fuel. Combustion engines are of two general types: Internal combustion...
- the combustion of a specified amount of it. The calorific value is the total energy released as heat when a substance undergoes complete combustion with...
- Spontaneous combustion or spontaneous ignition is a type of combustion which occurs by self-heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal...
- external combustion engine (EC engine) is a reciprocating heat engine where a working fluid, contained internally, is heated by combustion in an external...
- The staged combustion cycle (sometimes known as topping cycle, preburner cycle, or closed cycle) is a power cycle of a bipropellant rocket engine. In the...
- Internal Combustion may refer to: Internal combustion engine Internal Combustion (album), a 2010 album by Society Burning Internal Combustion, a 1994 album...
- gaseous combustion products in the combustion chamber, causing them to expand and drive a piston, which turns a crankshaft. Unlike internal combustion engines...