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Internal combustion Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Internal combustion has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine)

2

The process where fuel is burned within an engine such as a diesel engine, producing power directly as opposed to externally such as in a steam engine.

See Also
missing poppet valve external hybrid vehicle burn detonation engine scavenge
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
combustion
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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