Pronunciation
- IPA: /kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/
combustion
- (chemistry) The act or process of burning.
- A process where two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
- A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
- (figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
- There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university.
- But say from whence this new combustion springs.
- (act or process of burning) incineration, cremation
- French: combustion
- German: Verbrennung
- Portuguese: combustão, queima
- Russian: горе́ние
- Spanish: combustión, quemado
- German: Verbrennung
- Portuguese: combustão
- Spanish: reacción química
- German: Verbrennung
- Portuguese: combustão
- Spanish: combustión, oxidación
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