combustion

IPA: kʌmbˈʌstʃʌn

(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.

Examples of "combustion" in Sentences

Spontaneous human combustion is occasionally used in works of written fiction:
Spontaneous human combustion is also used in popular culture movies and television shows:
Since candles are 5-10% fragrance and are diluted with 90% wax, combustion is not an issue.
~ The particular oxides formed by the combustion of any substance are called _products of combustion_ of that substance.
This process, which I prefer to call prolonged human combustion, is usually fuelled by fat rendered from the body by the fire.
Of course, the rate of combustion is actually going to get much higher as countries like China and India begin to burn their fair share of oil.
This affinity can thus act across substances, and I want you to see how curiously what we call combustion acts with respect to this force of chemical affinity.
If the Coyote plan was a 30 to 40 year plan, where electricity comes from nuclear power, and transportation combustion is hydrogen based, then at some point in this transition a carbon tax might be useful.
I mean, wouldn't it be dumb for a researcher to spend valuable time and funding seeking phlogiston when his governing theoretic needs no such 'stuff' to explain combustion and he doesn't believe it exists?