reaction chamber

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noun

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

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Words nearby reaction chamber

react, reactance, reactant, reaction, reactionary, reaction chamber, reaction engine, reaction formation, reaction time, reaction turbine, reactivate

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How to use reaction chamber in a sentence

We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.
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This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
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Or how kicking a reaction-less eunuch in the crotch over and over again is comedy.
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Your general reaction runs along the lines of: “When will these geezers give it up and go for a mall walk or something?”
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Jundullah and Jaish ul Adl sprang up “in reaction to that kind of oppression,” he said.
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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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While this reaction lasted he laughed away the evidence, and honestly believed he was exaggerating trifles.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
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