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combustion chamber definition

combustion chamber

  1. the chamber in a reciprocating engine between the cylinder head and the piston, in which combustion occurs
  2. the chamber inside a jet, or rocket, engine in which fuel and air, or an oxidizer, are mixed and burned

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