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combustor [kəm′bəs·tər] (mechanical engineering) The combustion chamber together with burners, igniters, and injection devices in a gas turbine or jet engine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There is also a calculable risk my house could collapse and my left arm spontaneously combust. In both cases, the cal-hypo was stowed below deck, adjacent to bunker tanks that caused the chemical to become heated and spontaneously combust. Although there were similar riots in France in the 1980s and 1990s, this time there is an ominous sense that the numbers of disaffected Muslims in Europe may be reaching a critical mass where initially unrelated explosions of violence could spontaneously combust into a full-blown movement. |
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