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Definition of Combustion

1. Noun. A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.

2. Noun. A state of violent disturbance and excitement. "Combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"

3. Noun. The act of burning something. "The burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

Definition of Combustion

1. n. The state of burning.

Definition of Combustion

1. Noun. (chemistry) The act or process of burning. ¹

2. Noun. A process where two chemicals are combined to produce heat. ¹

3. Noun. A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat. ¹

4. Noun. (figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Combustion

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Medical Definition of Combustion

1. The heat-producing reaction of a material with oxygen gas or other oxidant, often producing a flame. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Combustion

combrous combs combtooth blenny comburant comburent combust combusted combuster combustibility combustible

combustible material combustibleness combustibles combustibly combusting combustion (current term) combustion air combustion analysis combustion chamber combustion chambers

combustion efficiency combustion engine combustion equivalent combustion gases combustion reaction combustionary combustions combustious combustive combustor

Literary usage of Combustion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"White combustion MOTORS lands Track to determine amount of slip at the point of contact between the road and the wheels. Ills. 800 w. Autocar— Oct 3, 1908. ..."

2. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company, John B. Litto, Steven C. Stultz (1913)
"combustion combustion may be defined as the rapid chemical combination of oxygen ... combustion is perfect when the combustible unites with the greatest ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"The products of combustion are passed into a suitable absorption medium and the sulphur ... A new form of apparatus for the combustion is described. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"It would seem that, in the case of hydrocarbons, there is no preferential combustion either of hydrogen or of carbon : initially, the hydrocarbon merely ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"The combustion of Volatil Organic Liquids.—The writer in the course of the last few years has had occasion to make many analyses of volatil organic liquids. ..."

6. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"DETERMINATION OF CARBON IN ORGANIC SUBSTANCES combustion of Organic ... Diagrammatic Sketch of combustion Tube. is weighed as well as the potash bulb, ..."

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