燃焼 (nenshō) means “burning” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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この装置では、燃焼に必要な空気の量を自動で調整します。ko no sō chi de wa nen shō ni hitsu yō na kū ki no ryō o ji dō de chō sei shi ma su

This device automatically adjusts the amount of air needed for combustion.

Describes a substance reacting with oxygen and releasing energy as heat and often light while changing into other substances.

物質が酸素と結びつき、熱や光を出しながら別の物質に変化すること。bus shitsu ga san so to musu bi tsu ki netsu ya hikari o da shi na ga ra betsu no bus shitsu ni hen ka su ru ko to

燃焼 (nenshō) is a Sino-Japanese compound of 燃 (nen, "burn") and 焼 (shō, "burn or heat"), combining two characters related to burning.

In Japanese science writing, 燃焼 (nenshō) is the technical term for burning processes, so it often appears where English uses "combustion" rather than everyday "burning".