combustern.

Brit.

/kəmˈbʌstə/, U.S.

/kəmˈbəstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: combust v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < combust v. + -er suffix¹. Compare later combustor n.Compare the following earlier example of non-combuster , showing a sense parallel to that of combustor n. 2:1858 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 21 258/2 The flame, being jostled into a narrow passage by many times its own volume of nitrogen, steam, and carbonic acid (all non-combusters)..is of course speedily..extinguished.

†1. A person or thing that causes combustion. Obsolete. rare.

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1877 Eng. Mech. 3 Aug. 506/1 Another burning-glass ‘combustor’.—Solar rays concentrated by a ‘bull's-eye’ in a pane of crown glass..caused a violent explosion.

1895 Fores's Sporting Notes 12 119 Only escaping being blown up in an arsenal..by the capture of the combuster just as he was about to light the fuse.

2. A vehicle with a combustion engine; a motor vehicle. rare. Now disused.

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1904 State of São Paulo (Brazil) (Dept. Agric, Commerce & Public Works, São Paulo) 70 The total number of combusters in the streets and squares of the city is 3,927.

1999 Bicycling (Nexis) 1 May You can expect to see the horsedrawn buggies of Amish and Mennonite families... When you pass, a smile and a wave isn't uncommon. Non-combusters are kin no matter where you're from.]

3. Engineering. = combustor n. 3.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > combustion chamber

combustion chamber1854

combuster1909

combustor1914

1909 W. A. Davis in H. Leffman & W. A. Davis Allen's Commerc. Org. Anal. (ed. 4) I. 58 The substance is volatilised in oxygen and the combustion effected by the aid of..special platinum combusters.

1934 U.S. Patent 1,956,586 1/2 The motor includes..a fuel combuster and a fuel injector.

1959 Combustion & Flame 3 339 The effect of combustion-chamber length on afterburner combustion performance has been experimentally determined... Combuster lengths from 2.5 to 6.5 ft have been investigated.

1965 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 30 Mar. a10/3 The engine..has eight 25,000 pound thrust chambers, or combusters, in a ring around a nozzle.

1992 H. Mills & R. A. Anderson Low Level Hell vii. 100 It was obvious that some of the enemy rounds had gone through my engine combuster.

2002 A. Tukker Plastics Waste 102/2 This combuster combines solid fuel gasification with the burning of the lean gases.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	combuster
释义	combustern. Brit. /kəmˈbʌstə/, U.S. /kəmˈbəstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: combust v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < combust v. + -er suffix¹. Compare later combustor n.Compare the following earlier example of non-combuster , showing a sense parallel to that of combustor n. 2:1858 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 21 258/2 The flame, being jostled into a narrow passage by many times its own volume of nitrogen, steam, and carbonic acid (all non-combusters)..is of course speedily..extinguished. †1. A person or thing that causes combustion. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1877 Eng. Mech. 3 Aug. 506/1 Another burning-glass ‘combustor’.—Solar rays concentrated by a ‘bull's-eye’ in a pane of crown glass..caused a violent explosion. 1895 Fores's Sporting Notes 12 119 Only escaping being blown up in an arsenal..by the capture of the combuster just as he was about to light the fuse. 2. A vehicle with a combustion engine; a motor vehicle. rare. Now disused. ΚΠ 1904 State of São Paulo (Brazil) (Dept. Agric, Commerce & Public Works, São Paulo) 70 The total number of combusters in the streets and squares of the city is 3,927. 1999 Bicycling (Nexis) 1 May You can expect to see the horsedrawn buggies of Amish and Mennonite families... When you pass, a smile and a wave isn't uncommon. Non-combusters are kin no matter where you're from.] 3. Engineering. = combustor n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > combustion chamber combustion chamber1854 combuster1909 combustor1914 1909 W. A. Davis in H. Leffman & W. A. Davis Allen's Commerc. Org. Anal. (ed. 4) I. 58 The substance is volatilised in oxygen and the combustion effected by the aid of..special platinum combusters. 1934 U.S. Patent 1,956,586 1/2 The motor includes..a fuel combuster and a fuel injector. 1959 Combustion & Flame 3 339 The effect of combustion-chamber length on afterburner combustion performance has been experimentally determined... Combuster lengths from 2.5 to 6.5 ft have been investigated. 1965 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 30 Mar. a10/3 The engine..has eight 25,000 pound thrust chambers, or combusters, in a ring around a nozzle. 1992 H. Mills & R. A. Anderson Low Level Hell vii. 100 It was obvious that some of the enemy rounds had gone through my engine combuster. 2002 A. Tukker Plastics Waste 102/2 This combuster combines solid fuel gasification with the burning of the lean gases. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877
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