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burn
If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there. -
flame
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor. -
autoignition
Automotive. the spontaneous ignition of fuel when introduced into the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, as a result either of glowing carbon in the chamber or of the heat of compression. -
blow-by
the leakage of gas past the piston of an engine at maximum pressure -
combustion chamber
an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn -
combustion engine
any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.