Combustion
[kəm'bʌstʃ(ə)n] or [kəm'bʌstʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.
(noun.) a state of violent disturbance and excitement; 'combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable'.
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Definition
(n.) The state of burning.
(n.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.
(n.) Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.
Editor: Stephen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Conflagration, burning.
Edited by Ivan
Examples
- The gas first evaporating is nitrogen, and a lighted match applied to the surface of the liquid is quickly extinguished, since nitrogen does not support combustion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The direct production of electric energy by the combustion of coal would be the ideal method. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Special provision was also made for injecting streams of pulverized coal in such manner as to create the largely extended zone of combustion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The cage allowed air to pass and light to escape, and although by the combustion of the fire-damp the wire gauze might become red hot, it was still efficient as a safety-lamp. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The same effect is caused by the combustion of the carburretted hydrogen gas, and in a more perfect manner. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The production of heat through the burning of coal, or oil, or gas, or wood, is called combustion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The force starts with the combustion of coal under the boiler of the steam engine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was of course a matter of common knowledge that heat could be obtained by the combustion of coal or wood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The internal-combustion engine is the heart of the submarine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the Welsbach burner the light seen does not proceed directly from the combustion of the gas, but from the white hot mantle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A most singular combustion takes place. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The absence of air prevents ordinary combustion, nevertheless the intense heat affects the wood and changes it into new substances, one of which is charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Said he, after he had watched some more than usually noisy combustion at the fire, This boy, Humphrey, is incorrigible. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Will not the chemist learn how to produce electricity direct from the combustion of coal, or solve the problem of the synthesis of food? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1774, by heatin g red oxide of mercury by means of a burning-glass, he obtained a gas which supported combustion better than comm on air. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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