Definition of Combusts. Meaning of Combusts. Synonyms of Combusts

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Definition of Combusts

Combust
Combust Com*bust", a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; cf. bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.] 1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. (Astron.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.] Planets that are oft combust. --Milton.

Meaning of Combusts from wikipedia

- Combust can refer to: Combust (astrological aspect), the obscuring of the un****isted viewing of a planet by the Sun's light Combustion, the exothermic...
- A scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) is a variant of a ramjet airbreathing jet engine in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow. As in...
- into an extremely flammable condition and combust. The 1937 Fox vault fire was caused by spontaneously combusting nitrate film. Hay is one of the most widely...
- A waste-to-energy plant is a waste management facility that combusts wastes to produce electricity. This type of power plant is sometimes called a trash-to-energy...
- amounts of NO 2). On the other hand, when there is insufficient oxygen to combust the fuel completely, some fuel carbon is converted to carbon monoxide,...
- to the compressed air in the combustor, where the fuel-air mixture then combusts. The hot combustion gases expand through the turbine stages, generating...
- excess amount of fuel/air mixture escapes through the exhaust valves and combusts in the hot exhaust manifold spooling the turbocharger creating higher usable...
- Bradfield Combust (or Burnt Bradfield) is a village and former manor and civil parish, now in the parish of Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield, in the...
- trinitrate (nitroglycerine) it gives 0, though nitroglycerine does not actually combust. Kharasch, M.S. (February 1929). "Heats of combustion of organic compounds"...
- December 24th, 1997. During the opera, everyone in the building spontaneously combusts, except for Aya, her date, and an actress on stage named Melissa Pearce...