Inside the combustion chamber

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• combustion chamber — n. 1. the chamber in a reciprocating engine between the cylinder head and the piston, in which combustion occurs 2. the chamber inside a jet, or rocket, engine in which fuel and air, or an oxidizer, are mixed and burned: see COMBUSTOR …   English World dictionary

• combustion chamber — noun : a chamber within which combustion occurs: as a. : the space in some boiler furnaces where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed with air and burned b. : the clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine… …   Useful english dictionary

• Dynamic combustion chamber — The Dynamic Combustion Chamber is an engine that allows for the combustion of gases in a vacuum or under pressure, eliminating the production of air pollutants.[1] Combined with a clean renewable source of electricity, the Dynamic Combustion… …   Wikipedia

• Combustion Integrated Rack — The training unit with the rack doors open in Payload Development Laboratory II at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. The Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) includes an optics bench, combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer control, and five… …   Wikipedia

• Chamber — may refer to: Chamber (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X Men Chamber (firearms), the portion of the barrel or firing cylinder in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired Chambers (law), the rooms used by a… …   Wikipedia

• Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …   Wikipedia

• chamber — cham|ber W3 [ˈtʃeımbə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(enclosed space)¦ 2¦(room)¦ 3¦(meeting room)¦ 4¦(parliament)¦ 5¦(private room)¦ 6 chambers 7¦(gun)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: chambre, from Late Latin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chamber — noun 1 (C) an enclosed space, especially in your body or inside a machine: a combustion chamber | The heart has four chambers. 2 (C) a room used for a special purpose, especially an unpleasant one: gas/torture chamber (=used for killing people by …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Component parts of internal combustion engines — Internal combustion engines come in a wide variety of types, but have certain family resemblances, and thus share many common types of components. Contents 1 Combustion chambers 2 Ignition system 2.1 Spark 2.2 Compression …   Wikipedia

• Oil pump (internal combustion engine) — This article is about a part in an internal combustion engine. For other uses, see Oil pump. Oil circulation system …   Wikipedia

• internal combustion engine — noun a) A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel. b) A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the …   Wiktionary