hot bulb
Mechanics
noun
(In a semi-diesel engine) an uncooled chamber connected to the cylinder head which is maintained at a sufficiently high temperature to vaporize fuel oil injected into it prior to compression in the cylinder; any mass of metal that performs the same function in such an engine; frequently attributive.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in U.S. Patents.
- sit on one's arse
- sit on one's hands
- sit on someone's tail
- sit on the fence
- sitrep
- sit something out
- sits vac
- Sittang
- sittella
- sitter
- sit through
- sit tight
- sitting
- Sitting Bull
- sitting duck
- sitting room
- sitting target
- sitting tenant
- sitting trot
- situate
- situation
- situational
- situationally
- situation comedy
- situation ethics