carburetion

American  

[kahr-buh-rey-shuhn, -byuh-, -byuh-resh-uhn] / ˌkɑr bəˈreɪ ʃən, -byə-, -byəˈrɛʃ 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

Example Sentences

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

Overheating may be caused by poor carburetion as much as by deficient cooling or insufficient oiling.

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