Combustion
noun
The process of burning something.
The combustion of coal produces a great deal of smoke
Often appears as...
- spontaneous combustion
- internal combustion
noun
Chemical process when a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.
Carbon combustion in the atmosphere is causing global warming.
Often appears as...
- complete combustion
- incomplete combustion
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Academic
noun
The process in a combustion engine that produces movement.
In an internal combustion engine, fuel is burned in the engine to produce power.
Often appears as...
- combustion engine
- combustion chamber
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The process of burning something.
The combustion of coal produces a great deal of smoke
Often appears as...
- spontaneous combustion
- internal combustion
noun
Chemical process when a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.
Carbon combustion in the atmosphere is causing global warming.
Often appears as...
- complete combustion
- incomplete combustion
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The process in a combustion engine that produces movement.
In an internal combustion engine, fuel is burned in the engine to produce power.
Often appears as...
- combustion engine
- combustion chamber
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine the visible aspects of burning to associate with 'combustion', like flames and smoke.
The campfire's combustion filled the night with orange light.
Pro Tip 2/3Spontaneous Danger
Understand 'spontaneous combustion' can refer to unexpected, sometimes dangerous events.
The warehouse suffered from spontaneous combustion due to chemical storage.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Literal Use
Recognize when 'combustion' is used metaphorically to express vigorous activity or emotions.
The crowd's excitement reached a level of combustion when the band appeared.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine the visible aspects of burning to associate with 'combustion', like flames and smoke.
The campfire's combustion filled the night with orange light.
Pro Tip 2/3Spontaneous Danger
Understand 'spontaneous combustion' can refer to unexpected, sometimes dangerous events.
The warehouse suffered from spontaneous combustion due to chemical storage.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Literal Use
Recognize when 'combustion' is used metaphorically to express vigorous activity or emotions.
The crowd's excitement reached a level of combustion when the band appeared.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine the visible aspects of burning to associate with 'combustion', like flames and smoke.
The campfire's combustion filled the night with orange light.
Pro Tip 2/3Spontaneous Danger
Understand 'spontaneous combustion' can refer to unexpected, sometimes dangerous events.
The warehouse suffered from spontaneous combustion due to chemical storage.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Literal Use
Recognize when 'combustion' is used metaphorically to express vigorous activity or emotions.
The crowd's excitement reached a level of combustion when the band appeared.
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Under the hood: The...
But combustion is an exothermic reaction, meaning it releases heat. Lots of it. And while much of this heat escapes through the tail pipe, the heat that remains in the engine block needs to be absorbed, transported, and dissipated to protect the metal components from deforming or even melting. This is where the cooling system comes in.
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The science of friction...
Something else to consider is that overcoming friction takes energy, so you're losing energy to friction. This is one way your tires can influence your fuel efficiency. And, in fact, did you know that about one-third of the fuel that you put into your internal combustion engine vehicle
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The surprisingly long...
At the same time, oil discoveries lowered the price of gasoline, and new advances made internal combustion engines more appealing. Electric starters removed the need for hand-cranking, mufflers made engines quieter and rubber engine mounts reduced vibration.
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Sanga Moses: Using Waste...
remodify them and give them a chimney, and design them in a way that limits the amount of oxygen that goes into the combustion process. We go back to the villages, find farmers with the help of local leaders, train these farmers how to use these kilns,
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The future of money PIPE...
is slow and hard to understand and hard to use. Digital money, like the horse and carriage, works pretty well, and the whole world economy is built on it. If you were the first person on your block to get a car with an internal combustion engine,
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Is fire a solid, a...
As the fire heats up, the carbon dioxide and water vapor created by combustion expand. Now that they’re less dense, they rise in a thinning column. Gravity causes this expansion and rising, which gives flames their characteristic taper.
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What triggers a chemical...
Your match adds enough energy to activate the exothermic reaction of combustion, converting the high-energy combustible material in the wood to lower energy carbon dioxide and water. Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along
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How to make a profit...
combustion engine vehicles. One fish is just one fish in the sea. And one cup of coffee doesn't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. But we do these things because we believe they matter, that our actions add up,
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The new urgency of...
there are some 45 jurisdictions around the world -- national, regional and municipal -- where laws have been passed beginning a phaseout of internal combustion engines.
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How fire shapes...
clear the natural history including climates or subsets of fire history this new combustion burns without the old ecological checks-and-balances burns day
Video examples
Under the hood: The...
But combustion is an exothermic reaction, meaning it releases heat. Lots of it. And while much of this heat escapes through the tail pipe, the heat that remains in the engine block needs to be absorbed, transported, and dissipated to protect the metal components from deforming or even melting. This is where the cooling system comes in.
Video examples
The science of friction...
Something else to consider is that overcoming friction takes energy, so you're losing energy to friction. This is one way your tires can influence your fuel efficiency. And, in fact, did you know that about one-third of the fuel that you put into your internal combustion engine vehicle
Video examples
The surprisingly long...
At the same time, oil discoveries lowered the price of gasoline, and new advances made internal combustion engines more appealing. Electric starters removed the need for hand-cranking, mufflers made engines quieter and rubber engine mounts reduced vibration.
Video examples
Sanga Moses: Using Waste...
remodify them and give them a chimney, and design them in a way that limits the amount of oxygen that goes into the combustion process. We go back to the villages, find farmers with the help of local leaders, train these farmers how to use these kilns,
Video examples
The future of money PIPE...
is slow and hard to understand and hard to use. Digital money, like the horse and carriage, works pretty well, and the whole world economy is built on it. If you were the first person on your block to get a car with an internal combustion engine,
Video examples
Is fire a solid, a...
As the fire heats up, the carbon dioxide and water vapor created by combustion expand. Now that they’re less dense, they rise in a thinning column. Gravity causes this expansion and rising, which gives flames their characteristic taper.
Video examples
What triggers a chemical...
Your match adds enough energy to activate the exothermic reaction of combustion, converting the high-energy combustible material in the wood to lower energy carbon dioxide and water. Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along
Video examples
How to make a profit...
combustion engine vehicles. One fish is just one fish in the sea. And one cup of coffee doesn't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. But we do these things because we believe they matter, that our actions add up,
Video examples
The new urgency of...
there are some 45 jurisdictions around the world -- national, regional and municipal -- where laws have been passed beginning a phaseout of internal combustion engines.
Video examples
How fire shapes...
clear the natural history including climates or subsets of fire history this new combustion burns without the old ecological checks-and-balances burns day
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
Electromagnetic theory and experiment gave us the telephone, radio, TV, computers, and made the internal combustion engine practical - thus, the car and airplane, leading inevitably to the rocket and outer-space exploration.
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Gaylord Nelson
American Politician
I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
My earliest memory of cooking is my grandmother showing me how to make chicken gravy on the big combustion stove in her kitchen. I still use Nana's gravy recipe.
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Ken Cuccinelli
American Politician
An e-cigarette does not function in manner of a traditional cigarette because it functions electrically rather than via combustion of a material such as tobacco.
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Michael A. Stackpole
American Writer
The advent of ebooks is no more going to kill the pleasure of reading than the introduction of the internal combustion engine made horses extinct.
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Sergio Marchionne
Italian Businessman
I think the likelihood that combustion will continue to represent the large portion of the power unit world is very small.
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Dana Brunetti
American Producer
The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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Frank D. Gilroy
American Playwright
The way plays happen, at least with me, it's spontaneous combustion of things you've had in your head.
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Dick Morris
American Author
Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
Electromagnetic theory and experiment gave us the telephone, radio, TV, computers, and made the internal combustion engine practical - thus, the car and airplane, leading inevitably to the rocket and outer-space exploration.
Quote examples
Gaylord Nelson
American Politician
I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power.
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination.
Quote examples
John Torode
Australian Chef
My earliest memory of cooking is my grandmother showing me how to make chicken gravy on the big combustion stove in her kitchen. I still use Nana's gravy recipe.
Quote examples
Ken Cuccinelli
American Politician
An e-cigarette does not function in manner of a traditional cigarette because it functions electrically rather than via combustion of a material such as tobacco.
Quote examples
Michael A. Stackpole
American Writer
The advent of ebooks is no more going to kill the pleasure of reading than the introduction of the internal combustion engine made horses extinct.
Quote examples
Sergio Marchionne
Italian Businessman
I think the likelihood that combustion will continue to represent the large portion of the power unit world is very small.
Quote examples
Dana Brunetti
American Producer
The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
Quote examples
Frank D. Gilroy
American Playwright
The way plays happen, at least with me, it's spontaneous combustion of things you've had in your head.
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Dick Morris
American Author
Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.
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