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reaction chamber

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noun

  1. engineering the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That nanopore then acted as a tiny reaction chamber for building even smaller pores within it.

From Science Daily Feb. 19, 2026

This kind of energy production would therefore happen in pulses, and fuel capsules would have to be constantly moved one after another into the reaction chamber to be ignited.

From Scientific American Jun. 5, 2023

It would shoot 10 targets per second—sheathed in lead instead of gold to lower costs—into a reaction chamber and blast them to produce a string of quick-fire fusion explosions.

From Science Magazine Feb. 14, 2023

This works by injecting water into a reaction chamber, where it achieves plasma state through a high-intensity electrical field.

From Forbes Mar. 5, 2013

My ears burned hotter than a matter/antimatter reaction chamber.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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