carburationn.
/ˌkɑːbjᵿˈreɪʃn/, /ˌkɑːbəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkɑrb(j)əˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of combining, impregnating, or enriching a substance with carbon or a compound of carbon; esp. the process of charging air with hydrocarbon fuel droplets or vapour, esp. in an internal combustion engine, the resulting gas being burnt to produce energy.
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1850 Sci. Amer. 6 July 333/3 This process is employed in puddling furnaces, in which carburation is easily effected by cementation.
1886 Science 21 May 468/1 The heating power of gas may be increased 77 per cent by carburation.
1896 B. Donkin Text-bk. Gas, Oil, & Air Engines (ed. 2) 11. xxi. 303 The carburation of the air takes place in the middle division.
1906 N.Y. Times 8 Dec. 9/2 The warm water is applied to the jacket of the inlet valve, where heat is of the most value in carburetion.
1920 Westm. Gaz. 1 Apr. 4/2 Few improvements have been made to the various carburation systems.
1949 A. C. Walshaw Heat Engines (ed. 3) xix. 425 Kerosene is less volatile than petrol, and carburation is therefore more difficult.
1959 Motor 1 Apr. 319/2 Carburation is by means of a pair of..carburetters.
1991 Britannia 22 28 The forging of the thin blade on a charcoal-hearth steeled the edge through carburation.
1998 Time 23 Feb. 4/2 He comes out here in his mother's '94 Chevy Astrovan, goosed with nitrous-oxide carburetion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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