What part of speech is combustion?

Combustion can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does combustion mean?

Definitions

Noun

combustion - a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
combustion - a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"
combustion - the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

Examples of combustion

#   Sentence  
1. noun Combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable.
2. noun Oxygen is needed for combustion.
3. noun Pollutants like this derive mainly from the combustion of fuel in car engines.
4. noun Carbon monoxide is a poisonous substance formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds.
5. noun Oxygen is necessary for combustion.
6. noun In a rocket engine, fuel and a source of oxygen, called an oxidizer, are mixed and exploded in a combustion chamber. The combustion produces hot exhaust which is passed through a nozzle to accelerate the flow and produce thrust.
7. noun In a liquid rocket, the propellants, the fuel and the oxidizer, are stored separately as liquids and are pumped into the combustion chamber of the nozzle where burning occurs.
8. noun For the forty years following the first flight of the Wright brothers, airplanes used internal combustion engines to turn propellers to generate thrust.
9. noun Internal combustion engines burn a mixture of fuel and air.
10. noun Is spontaneous human combustion scientifically proven?
11. noun Some believe that spontaneous combustion of human beings occurs, but I am not really convinced.
12. noun Tom has to perform elaborate rituals to alleviate his fear of spontaneous combustion.
13. noun People say that if you're angry enough, you'll achieve spontaneous combustion.
14. noun It was a spacious harbour, sheltered deep / from access of the winds, but looming vast / with awful ravage, AEtna's neighbouring steep / thundered aloud, and, dark with clouds, upcast / smoke and red cinders in a whirlwind's blast. / Live balls of flame, with showers of sparks, upflew / and licked the stars, and in combustion massed, / torn rocks, her ragged entrails, molten new, / the rumbling mount belched forth from out the boiling stew.
15. noun If the demise of the combustion engine is near, Algeria shouldn't become a dump for European used cars.
Sentence  
noun
Combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable.
Oxygen is needed for combustion.
Pollutants like this derive mainly from the combustion of fuel in car engines.
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous substance formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds.
Oxygen is necessary for combustion.
In a rocket engine, fuel and a source of oxygen, called an oxidizer, are mixed and exploded in a combustion chamber. The combustion produces hot exhaust which is passed through a nozzle to accelerate the flow and produce thrust.
In a liquid rocket, the propellants, the fuel and the oxidizer, are stored separately as liquids and are pumped into the combustion chamber of the nozzle where burning occurs.
For the forty years following the first flight of the Wright brothers, airplanes used internal combustion engines to turn propellers to generate thrust.
Internal combustion engines burn a mixture of fuel and air.
Is spontaneous human combustion scientifically proven?
Some believe that spontaneous combustion of human beings occurs, but I am not really convinced.
Tom has to perform elaborate rituals to alleviate his fear of spontaneous combustion.
People say that if you're angry enough, you'll achieve spontaneous combustion.
It was a spacious harbour, sheltered deep / from access of the winds, but looming vast / with awful ravage, AEtna's neighbouring steep / thundered aloud, and, dark with clouds, upcast / smoke and red cinders in a whirlwind's blast. / Live balls of flame, with showers of sparks, upflew / and licked the stars, and in combustion massed, / torn rocks, her ragged entrails, molten new, / the rumbling mount belched forth from out the boiling stew.
If the demise of the combustion engine is near, Algeria shouldn't become a dump for European used cars.

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