From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcombustioncom‧bus‧tion /kəmˈbʌstʃən/ noun [uncountable] 1 BURNthe process of burning2 technicalHC chemical activity which uses oxygen to produce light and heat → internal combustion engine
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combustion• The development of fluidized combustion systems has opened new doors towards small scale coal systems.• An obvious and technically achievable alternative to fossil fuel combustion is nuclear fission.• On take-off, for example, it would result in excessively high combustion temperatures and detonation.• The internal combustion engine created a new mobility, for people and goods alike.• Prior to Lavoisier, the phlogiston theory was the standard theory of combustion.• A few cases of spontaneous combustion.• His first was the development of submerged combustion, which enabled the most intractable liquids to be heated without expensive constructions. 