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Meanings of combustion in anglès

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High-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.

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Examples for "burning"
Examples for "burning"
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Some companies ended up burning it illegally, causing environmental and health problems.
Radio NZ
2
A case in point: that Park Creek fire burning outside of Lincoln.
Wired
3
Major bushfires are burning across the Australian state of New South Wales.
BBC
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An obvious but rarely asked question is: whose cash is Uber burning?
The Guardian
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It's burning fossil fuels that's causing the global crisis of Climate Change.
Radio NZ
Usage of combustion in anglès
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At higher speeds under normal conditions, internal combustion keeps the car moving.
Wired
2
Air pollutants from residential solid fuel combustion are attracting growing public concern.
Pubmed
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Will Grigg is no doubt still in an ongoing state of combustion.
The Guardian
4
She could hear an engine: the crude, combustion-powered conveyance called a car.
Stinger
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It's added to reduce the risk of combustion during transport and storage.
Wired
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The products of their combustion must be taken care of and eliminated.
Once there was a war
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Before combustion takes place at the burners, the fuel must be ignited.
Mastering the grill: the owner's manual for outdoor cooking
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That was the beginning of the work with the internal combustion engine.
My Life and Work
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First, some is wasted in the process of the internal combustion engine.
Wired
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Such a furnace is described later in considering the combustion of bagasse.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
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These differences are entirely due to differences in the rapidity of combustion.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
12
It might be decades before the fleet of combustion engines actually shrinks.
Reuters
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The prelates, meanwhile, seemed to triumph in the combustion they had raised.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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Sharp makes clear that non-violent struggles normally don't succeed through spontaneous combustion.
Reuters
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No animal could live in an atmosphere which could not support combustion.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf / For t...
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The cotton gin, the first steam engine, the telephone, internal combustion engine.
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Combustion through the time
Combustion across language varieties
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