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pre-combustion

/pɹiː kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/

pre-combustion adjective: occurring prior to combustion.

Adjective

pre-combustion (not comparable)

  1. Occurring prior to combustion.
    • pre-combustion decarbonization
  2. Concerned with a phase prior to combustion.
    • pre-combustion chamber

Forms of pre-combustion

alternative formprecombustion

Origin of pre-combustion

From pre- + combustion.

Questions about pre-combustion

What does pre-combustion mean?
Pre-combustion means occurring prior to combustion.
What part of speech is pre-combustion?
Pre-combustion is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pre-combustion?
Pre-combustion is pronounced /pɹiː kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/.

Words near pre-combustion in the dictionary

  1. pre-Code
  2. pre-Codes
  3. pre-colonial
  4. pre-Columbian
  5. pre-combat
  6. pre-combustion
  7. pre-competition
  8. pre-conciliar
  9. pre-condition
  10. pre-conditional
  11. pre-conditions

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