carburetion

American  

[kahr-buh-ray-shuhn, -byuh-, -byuh-resh-uhn] / ˌkɑr bəˈreɪ ʃən, -bjə-, -bjəˈrɛʃ ən /

Also carburation

noun

1. (in an internal-combustion engine) the process of producing a mixture of air and fuel in the correct proportion for engine combustion.

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Etymology

Origin of carburetion

carburet + -ion

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Example Sentences

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carburetion

Tools such as trimmers, mowers and blowers generally use engine technologies long abandoned by carmakers: air cooling, carburetion and, often, two-cycle engines fueled by an oil-gas mix .

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2010

Improvements in carburetion involving better fuel distribution, special wells, jets, pumps, making it possible to start a cold car.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is in effect a rotary air pump, separate from the engine but driven by its exhaust gases, which furnishes sea-level pressures to the carburetion system far beyond the altitude range of the integral supercharger.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Compound carburetion" is a fresh phrase covering new carburetors which up gas mileage.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the coming of the double motor containing eight or twelve cylinders arranged in two V blocks, the question of good carburetion has been a problem requiring much study.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

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