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Combustion - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Combustion : (noun)
1: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give
heat and light [syn: burning]
2: a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion
grew until revolt was unavoidable"
3: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was
prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: burning]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Combustion : \Com*bus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F.
combustion.]
1. The state of burning.
2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter
of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light
and heat.
Combustion results in common cases from the mutual
chemical action and reaction of the combustible and
the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound
is formed. --Ure.
Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the
combination of which with a combustible, as coal,
constitutes combustion.
3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]
There [were] great combustions and divisions among
the heads of the university. --Mede.
But say from whence this new combustion springs.
--Dryden.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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