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• combustion chamber (noun)
  1. the enclosed space, for example in an engine, in which combustion happens
• external-combustion engine (noun)
  1. cylinder or turbine a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber in which heat is converted to mechanical energy
• four-stroke internal-combustion engine (noun)
  1. an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
• internal combustion (noun)
  1. as in an internal-combustion engine the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder
• internal combustion engine (noun)
  1. an engine that produces power by burning petrol, used in most cars
• internal-combustion engine (noun)
  1. a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
• spontaneous combustion (noun)
  1. burning caused by chemical changes inside something rather than by heat from outside
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