Definition of Combostion
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act or process of burning.
- A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen from the air, usually at high temperatures, to release heat.
- A similar process where two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
combustion
Spanish (Castilian)
- combustion
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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