comburent

English

Adjective

comburent

1. Undergoing or promoting combustion (for example, by reacting with fuel and promoting a reduction-oxidation reaction). (Contrast combustible.)
   • 1919, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks:

     […] 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,  […]

Noun

comburent (plural comburents)

1. A substance which is comburent.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:comburent.

Latin

Verb

combūrent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of combūrō