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 Definitions of Combustion  [əmˈbʌs tʃən]  

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Definition of 'Combustion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) combustion
the act or process of burning.

2.  combustion
rapid oxidation accompanied by heat and, usu., light.

3.  combustion
chemical combination producing heat and light.

4.  combustion
slow oxidation not accompanied by high temperature and light.

5.  combustion
violent excitement; tumult.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME (< MF) < LL)

Definition of 'Combustion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) combustion, burning
a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

2. (noun) combustion
a state of violent disturbance and excitement
"combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"

3. (noun) burning, combustion
the act of burning something
"the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"


Definition of 'Combustion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Combustion
the state of burning

2. (noun) Combustion
the combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat

3. (noun) Combustion
violent agitation; confusion; tumult


Translation of 'Combustion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: burning
the combustion of gases.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verbranding Arabic flag Arabic: احْتِراق ، اشْتِعال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: горене
Brazilian flag Brazilian: combustão Czech flag Czech: hoření, vznícení, spalová German flag German: die Verbrennung
Danish flag Danish: forbrænding Greek flag Greek: καύση Spanish flag Spanish: combustión
Estonian flag Estonian: põlemine Farsi flag Farsi: اشتعال؛ سوختن Finnish flag Finnish: palaminen
French flag French: combustion Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְרֵיפָה Hindi flag Hindi: दहन
Croatian flag Croatian: izgaranje Hungarian flag Hungarian: égés Indonesian flag Indonesian: pembakaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: brennsla; bruni Italian flag Italian: combustione Japanese flag Japanese: 燃焼
Korean flag Korean: 연소 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: degimas Latvian flag Latvian: degšana
Malay flag Malay: pembakaran Dutch flag Dutch: verbranding Norwegian flag Norwegian: forbrenning
Polish flag Polish: spalanie Persian flag Persian: اشتعال؛ سوختن Pashto flag Pashto: احتراق، سو ځېدنه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: combustão Romanian flag Romanian: combustie Russian flag Russian: воспламенение
Slovak flag Slovak: spaľovanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: izgorevanje Serbian flag Serbian: zapaljivost
Swedish flag Swedish: förbränning Thai flag Thai: กระบวนการเผาไหม้ Turkish flag Turkish: yanma, tutuşma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 燃燒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: згоряння; горіння Urdu flag Urdu: آگ سے جلنے کے قابل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chất đốt Chinese flag Chinese: 燃烧

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