noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
combustion chamber
internal combustion engine
spontaneous combustion
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
internal
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The computer chip was a huge breakthrough, greater than the lightbulb, telephone, or internal combustion engine.
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Nevertheless, the Foxton project was mysteriously improbable even if there had been no internal combustion on the way.
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First and most radical, a new means of propulsion other than the internal combustion engine might be considered.
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Secondly, new fuels for the internal combustion engine which do not involve the depletion of vital and limited energy resources.
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A combination of mass production and the internal combustion engine was responsible for the Allied victory.
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Both have been accelerated since the war by the widespread application of the internal combustion engine.
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A model car doesn't have to contain all the elements of an internal combustion engine in order to work as a toy!
spontaneous
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Indeed, the playing is quite riveting, creating a feeling of spontaneous combustion .
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A few cases of spontaneous combustion .
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Imagine the response of early humans to fire caused by volcanoes or spontaneous combustion .
■ NOUN
chamber
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Another area of expertise is the repair of combustion chambers , used in both aviation and industrial gas turbines.
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Those huge combustion chambers mean it's a challenge making the fuel burn efficiently.
engine
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But even though it is still dark, I hear a combustion engine in the woods across the valley.
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First and most radical, a new means of propulsion other than the internal combustion engine might be considered.
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The computer chip was a huge breakthrough, greater than the lightbulb, telephone, or internal combustion engine .
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Secondly, new fuels for the internal combustion engine which do not involve the depletion of vital and limited energy resources.
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A combination of mass production and the internal combustion engine was responsible for the Allied victory.
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Both have been accelerated since the war by the widespread application of the internal combustion engine .
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A model car doesn't have to contain all the elements of an internal combustion engine in order to work as a toy!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few cases of spontaneous combustion .
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An obvious and technically achievable alternative to fossil fuel combustion is nuclear fission.
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His first was the development of submerged combustion , which enabled the most intractable liquids to be heated without expensive constructions.
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On take-off, for example, it would result in excessively high combustion temperatures and detonation.
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Prior to Lavoisier, the phlogiston theory was the standard theory of combustion .
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The development of fluidized combustion systems has opened new doors towards small scale coal systems.
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The internal combustion engine created a new mobility, for people and goods alike.