fuel
EN[ˈfjuːəl̩] [-ʊəl]UK
Fcarburant WCombustible
- Un combustible est une matière qui, en présence d'oxygène et d'énergie, peut se combiner à l'oxygène (qui sert de comburant) dans une réaction chimique générant de la chaleur : la combustion.
- On parle aussi de combustible nucléaire pour désigner les matières fissiles utilisées pour produire de l'énergie par fission dans les réactions nucléaires, bien qu'il ne s'agisse pas d'une réaction de combustion.
FR fuel
- NomPLfuels
- Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
- Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
- (figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
- His books were fuel for the revolution.
- Money is the fuel for economy.
- That film was nightmare fuel!
- Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- VerbeSGfuelsPRfuelingPRfuellingPT, PPfueledPT, PPfuelled
- To provide with fuel.
- To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
- To provide with fuel.
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- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- If the burner is underfiring, the nozzle may need to be changed or the pressure at the outlet of the fuel pump may need to be adjusted.
- To avoid misfuelling, diesel car owners could get a device that replaces the conventional fuel cap and prevents the petrol nozzle fitting in the tank.
- Removing fuel from the sunken ship will make it easier to refloat it.
- Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- Although dangerous, over the road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.
- More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
- You can crank the engine until the cows come home, but it won't start without fuel.
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
Definition of fuel in English Dictionary
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