combustion chamber

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noun Machinery.

a chamber, as in an engine or boiler, where combustion occurs.

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Origin of combustion chamber

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby combustion chamber

comb-out, comb-over, combust, combustible, combustion, combustion chamber, combustion engine, combustion tube, combustor, comd., comdg.

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How to use combustion chamber in a sentence

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As one walks from chamber to chamber, a number of things become abundantly clear.
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He thus appointed Strauss to the post of president of the Reich Chamber of Music in 1933.
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Then she went into a secret chamber where no one was allowed to enter.
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In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
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The Princess was pale and thin; and, though dressed superbly, seemed fitter for her chamber.
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By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
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Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
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It was still in the verge of possibility that his son might seek his father in that dismal chamber.
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British Dictionary definitions for combustion chamber

combustion chamber

noun

an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn

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Scientific definitions for combustion chamber

combustion chamber

An enclosure in which combustion, especially of a fuel or propellant, is initiated and controlled. See also internal-combustion engine.