INTERNAL COMBUSTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does internal combustion mean? • INTERNAL COMBUSTION (noun)
The noun INTERNAL COMBUSTION has 1 sense:
1. the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine)
Familiarity information: INTERNAL COMBUSTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERNAL COMBUSTION (noun)
Meaning:
The combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("internal combustion" is a kind of...):
burning; combustion (a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light)
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