hot bulb
Mechanics
noun
(In a semi-diesel engine) an uncooled chamber connected to the cylinder head which is maintained at a sufficiently high temperature to vaporize fuel oil injected into it prior to compression in the cylinder; any mass of metal that performs the same function in such an engine; frequently attributive.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in U.S. Patents.
- Rather, Dan
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- rathe-ripe
- ratherish
- ratherly
- rather you (or him or her etc.) than me
- rathite
- Rathke
- Rathke cleft cyst
- Rathke's cleft
- Rathke's cleft cyst
- Rathlin Island
- rathole
- rat house
- rathskeller
- rat hunt
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- raticide
- ratifactory
- ratifiable
- ratification
- ratificationist
- ratification meeting
- ratificatory