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Comburent

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Undergoing or promoting combustion (for example, by reacting with fuel and promoting a reduction-oxidation reaction). (Contrast combustible.)

    "[…] 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, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    supporting combustion wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A substance which is comburent.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:comburent."

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