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Definition of Internal combustion
1. Noun. The combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine).
Definition of Internal combustion
1. Noun. The process where fuel is burned within an engine such as a diesel engine, producing power directly as opposed to externally such as in a steam engine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Internal Combustion
Literary usage of Internal combustion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heat and Thermodynamics by Francis M. Hartmann (1911)
"The most common fuels which may be used in internal combustion engines are: ...
There are three typical methods for the operation of internal combustion ..."
2. A Short History of Science by William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler (1917)
"This is what actually happens in the internal-combustion engine. The present
enormous extent of the use of such engines for motors of all kinds, ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"94016 B. Alcohol as a Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines. Thomas L. White. ...
The Use of Water and Steam in Internal-Combustion Engines. Henry Henderson. ..."
4. Principles of Ocean Transportation by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1918)
"Vessels with internal-combustion gas engines, 52. Those operated with refined
oils, 53. Those operated with producer gas, 53. Unrigged craft, 54. ..."
5. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"Deals with the application of the internal-combustion engine to fishing and ...
An outline of the writer's ideas concerning internal-combustion plants for ..."
6. Biennial Report by Nebraska Roads and Irrigation Dept (1906)
"THE VALUE OF ALCOHOL AS A FUEL FOR LAMPS AND internal combustion ENGINES. By JB
Davidson. Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering. ..."
7. Elements of Heat-power Engineering by Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld (1915)
"In internal-combustion engines with pro]>er design the highest temperature ...
(b) During the past twenty years the use of internal-combustion engines has ..."
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