combustion chamber

noun

: a closed space inside an engine in which fuel is burned

Examples of combustion chamber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Instead of causing the gas to heat and expand by burning it in a combustion chamber, the gas was heated by coming into contact with a nuclear reactor. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024 Leading up to the explosion, engineers swapped out the engine's initial combustion chamber for another one with improvements to better withstand the super-hot gas generated when kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants mix and ignite. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024 Molten plastic is then fed into the engine’s combustion chamber as additional fuel to burn alongside its regular liquid propellants. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024 For the Starship’s second test flight, SpaceX teams are modifying manifolds on the Raptor engines that direct hot methane-rich gas toward each engine’s combustion chamber for mixing with oxygen-rich gas. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 26 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for combustion chamber 

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Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of combustion chamber was in 1853

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“Combustion chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combustion%20chamber. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024.

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