"combustor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: combustors [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin combustor, from combūrō + -tor. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|combustor}} Borrowed from Latin combustor, {{af|la|combūrō|-tor|nocat=1}} combūrō + -tor Head templates: {{en-noun}} combustor (plural combustors)
  1. A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced. Related terms: combure, comburent, combust, combuster, combustibility, combustible, combustion, combustive, incombustibility, incombustible Translations (chamber acting as the furnace in a jet or turbine engine): verbrandingskamer (Dutch), brännkammare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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