combustion chamber


noun Machinery.

a chamber, as in an engine or boiler, where combustion occurs.

Origin of combustion chamber

First recorded in 1850–55

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British Dictionary definitions for combustion chamber

combustion chamber

noun

an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn

Scientific definitions for combustion chamber

combustion chamber

An enclosure in which combustion, especially of a fuel or propellant, is initiated and controlled. See also internal-combustion engine.