[kahr-buh-rey-shuh
n, -byuh-, -byuh-resh-uhn] 
| (in an internal-combustion engine) the process of producing a mixture of air and fuel in the correct proportion for engine combustion. |
| car·bu·ret (kär'bə-rāt', -rět', -byə-) tr.v. car·bu·ret·ed or car·bu·ret·ted, car·bu·ret·ing or car·bu·ret·ting, car·bu·rets To combine or mix (a gas, for example) with volatile hydrocarbons, so as to increase available fuel energy. [From carburet, carbide, from French carbure, from Latin carbō, carbon; see carbon.] car·bu·re'tion n. |