Combustion has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
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| 1. | 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. | |
| 2. | Algeria should plan to phase out cars from combustion engines instead of planning to import Europe's used combustion engine cars. | |
| 3. | Oxygen is needed for combustion. | |
| 4. | Pollutants like this derive mainly from the combustion of fuel in car engines. | |
| 5. | Carbon monoxide is a poisonous substance formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds. | |
| 6. | Oxygen is necessary for combustion. | |
| 7. | Combustion liberates heat. | |
| 8. | 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. | |
| 9. | For the forty years following the first flight of the Wright brothers, airplanes used internal combustion engines to turn propellers to generate thrust. | |
| 10. | Internal combustion engines burn a mixture of fuel and air. |