combustor

[ kuhm-buhs-ter ]

nounAeronautics.
  1. the apparatus in a ramjet or other jet engine for initiating and sustaining combustion, consisting of the igniter, fuel-injection system, combustion chamber, and flameholder.

Origin of combustor

1
First recorded in 1940–45; combust(ion) + -or2

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British Dictionary definitions for combustor

combustor

/ (kəmˈbʌstə) /


noun
  1. the combustion system of a jet engine or ramjet, comprising the combustion chamber, the fuel injection apparatus, and the igniter

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