Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process of burning.
- noun A chemical change, especially oxidation, accompanied by the production of heat and light.
- noun Violent anger or agitation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The action of fire on inflammable materials; the act or process of burning.
- noun . Tumult; violent agitation with hurry and noise; inflammatory excitement; confusion; uproar.
- noun In astrology, the state of being combust.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of burning.
- noun (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.
- noun (Chem.) a gas, as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion.
- noun obsolete Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry The act or process of
burning . - noun A process where two
chemicals are combined to produceheat . - noun A process wherein a
fuel is combined withoxygen , usually at high temperature, releasingheat . - noun figuratively Violent
agitation ,tumult .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of burning something
- noun a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- noun a state of violent disturbance and excitement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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~ The particular oxides formed by the combustion of any substance are called _products of combustion_ of that substance.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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This affinity can thus act across substances, and I want you to see how curiously what we call combustion acts with respect to this force of chemical affinity.
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If the Coyote plan was a 30 to 40 year plan, where electricity comes from nuclear power, and transportation combustion is hydrogen based, then at some point in this transition a carbon tax might be useful.
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I mean, wouldn't it be dumb for a researcher to spend valuable time and funding seeking phlogiston when his governing theoretic needs no such 'stuff' to explain combustion and he doesn't believe it exists?
Behe's Test 2008
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Since candles are 5-10% fragrance and are diluted with 90% wax, combustion is not an issue.
Candlemaking - Wick Centering & Fragrancing Anne-Marie 2007
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Since candles are 5-10% fragrance and are diluted with 90% wax, combustion is not an issue.
Archive 2007-10-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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Of course, the rate of combustion is actually going to get much higher as countries like China and India begin to burn their fair share of oil.
Think Progress » Attacking Global Warming Science: Where There’s George Will, There’s a Way 2006
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Spontaneous human combustion is also used in popular culture movies and television shows:
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Spontaneous human combustion is occasionally used in works of written fiction:
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This process, which I prefer to call prolonged human combustion, is usually fuelled by fat rendered from the body by the fire.
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