Definition of "carburetion" [carburetion]

• The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion. (noun)

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• "Tools such as trimmers, mowers and blowers generally use engine technologies long abandoned by carmakers: air cooling, carburetion and, often, two-cycle engines fueled by an oil-gas mix ."
• "I checked out the Corvette's 265-cubic-inch small-block engine, and its fuel lines, fuel pump, and carburetion system."
• "If you have an early non-computer car with carburetion, and not fuel injection, a good quality system that can save you money will also work, but you have to manually rejet the carburetor and reset the timing."