Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A combustion chamber along with its igniters, injectors, and other related apparatus in a jet engine or gas turbine.

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  • noun A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.

Etymologies

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combust +‎ -or

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Examples

  • Actually knowing how much nitrous oxide is actually being generated in a combustor is a hard problem to solve because now you have to deal with not only the temperature distribution in the combustor, but also the constituent chemicals that are coming out of there.

    Honeywell Faces Mother Nature 2010

  • Actually knowing how much nitrous oxide is actually being generated in a combustor is a hard problem to solve because now you have to deal with not only the temperature distribution in the combustor, but also the constituent chemicals that are coming out of there.

    Honeywell Faces Mother Nature 2010

  • And think about this: Unlike rockets, which must carry oxygen with them as a "combustor" to ignite the fuel supply, scramjets take oxygen from the atmosphere, offering a huge savings in aircraft weight, and researchers around the world would like to take advantage.

    From On High 2004

  • And think about this: Unlike rockets, which must carry oxygen with them as a "combustor" to ignite the fuel supply, scramjets take oxygen from the atmosphere, offering a huge savings in aircraft weight, and researchers around the world would like to take advantage.

    Archive 2004-11-01 2004

  • In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • [[Cyclone furnace | cyclone]] burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • [[Cyclone furnace | cyclone]] burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

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