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Jet-engine chamber
Answer for the clue "Jet-engine chamber ", 9 letters:
combustor
Word definitions for combustor in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A combustor is a component or area of a gas turbine , ramjet , or scramjet engine where combustion takes place. It is also known as a burner , combustion chamber or flame holder . In a gas turbine engine, the combustor or combustion chamber is fed high ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
Usage examples of combustor.
High-pressure air and fuel were mixed in the HIGH FLIGHT 537 combustor to create a controlled explosion, the mixture burning as high as thirty-eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
The technicians blocked the duct intake forward of the low-pressure compressors, placed a pressure gauge just aft of the combustor, and powered up the test rig that Sir Malcolm had outlined.
At ten thousand RPM he snapped up the second toggle marked FUEL INJ, beginning the fuel injection to the combustors, then toggled in the IGNITION switch, lighting off the combustion cans.