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Meaning of comburent | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Undergoing or promoting combustion (for example, by reacting with fuel and promoting a reduction-oxidation reaction). (Contrast combustible.)

Examples

“[…] the passage for comburent fluid, the opposite sides of the other diaphragm being exposed to the pressure of the combustible fluid on opposite sides of said resistance. 3. Apparatus for maintaining the proportional delivery of combustible fluid and comburent fluid supplied through separate passages to a gas-fired furnace, […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

comburivorous combust combustible combustionary combustious combustive