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Definition of Combustion
Combustion

The state of burning.

The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.

Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.

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Combustion Quotations

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Arnold H. Glasow

The foodstuff, carbohydrate, is essentially a packet of hydrogen, a hydrogen supplier, a hydrogen donor, and the main event during its combustion is the splitting off of hydrogen.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire.
Fred Shero

I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power.
Gaylord Nelson

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.
Dick Morris

Combustion Translations

combustion in Dutch is verbranding
combustion in German is Verbrennung
combustion in Italian is ustione
combustion in Norwegian is forbrenning


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