combustion of fuel
- noun
- /kəmˈbʌs.tʃən əv fjuːl/
- Specialized
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combustión de combustible
- Chemical and thermodynamic energy from the combustion of fuel needed to be carefully evaluated and modeled.
Examples
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Engine efficiency improves with the optimized combustion of fuel and air mixtures.
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The combustion of fuel and air in the engine and the fire in the heart of a rider willing to risk everything to win.
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The combustion of fuel and air in the engine and the fire in the heart of a rider willing to risk everything to win.
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Heat from the reactor would replace the combustion of fuel within the jet engines.
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Maximizing the energy generated by the combustion of fuel in turbines requires precise control of the flow of fuel and air.
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The combustion of fuel in the engine provides the power needed to drive the vehicle.
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During the combustion of fuel, heat and light are produced, which can then be used to generate electricity.
Synonyms
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1.0
A burning flame that gives heat and light
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The act of setting something on fire to destroy it
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5.6
The process of burning that produces heat and often light
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
combustion + of + fuel
The phrase simply names the chemical process ('combustion') when applied to a substance that is burned ('fuel'); this meaning is directly and transparently derivable from the constituent words and the prepositional 'of' relationship. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the individual words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Combustion of fuel comes from the simple picture of fuel like wood or gas burning, where combustion is the burning that makes flame, heat and light. So it means the process that turns fuel into heat or power, in other words 'to produce energy'.