combustor

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin combustor.

Noun

combustor (plural combustors)

A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.

Translations

chamber acting as the furnace in a jet or turbine engine

Dutch: verbrandingskamer (nl)
Swedish: brännkammare c

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.busˈtoʁ/ [kõ.busˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.busˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.buʃˈtoʁ/ [kõ.buʃˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.busˈtoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.buʃˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.buʃˈto.ɾi/

Noun

combustor m (plural combustores)

(Brazil) lamppost

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