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How to pronounce “combustion”
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Pronunciation guide for combustion
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of combustion with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Time Is Running Out on Climate Change. The Metaverse Could Help
It took us more than a hundred years to build the combustion engine car.
- Definition summary
- (chemistry) The act or process of burning.
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How to pronounce combustion
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It took us more than a hundred years to build the combustion engine car.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “combustion”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chemistry) The act or process of burning.
- A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
- A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
- (dated or archaicizing, figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
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