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carburettor
/ ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛtə; ˈkɑːbjʊˌreɪtə; -bə-; ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛtə; -bə- /
noun
- See fuel injectiona device used in petrol engines for atomizing the petrol, controlling its mixture with air, and regulating the intake of the air-petrol mixture into the engine Informal termcarb Compare fuel injection
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Now air is forced through my paraffin carburettor and the vapour resulting is fed to that gasometer in the bows of the boat.
Bleriot, following, succeeded in covering one side of the triangular course, but then came down through grit in the carburettor.
Bleriot, turning out in the morning, made a landing in some such fashion as flooded the carburettor and caused it to catch fire.
As regards carburation, an automatic air valve surrounds the throat of the carburettor, maintaining normal composition of mixture.
I look down in the fading light and find the precious fluid spurting out from the carburettor union.
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