different between deflagrate vs deflagrant

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin deflagrare, from de + flagrare (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?fl???e?t/

Verb

deflagrate (third-person singular simple present deflagrates, present participle deflagrating, simple past and past participle deflagrated)

1. (physics) To burn with intense light and heat.
   1. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.

Antonyms

• (with respect to speed of propagation) detonate

Hypernyms

• combust

Related terms

• deflagrating spoon
• deflagration

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defla??rate/, [d?e.fla??ra?.t?e]
• Hyphenation: de?fla?grà?te

Verb

deflagrate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of deflagrare

Latin

Verb

d?flagr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?flagr?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?fl????nt/

Adjective

deflagrant (comparative more deflagrant, superlative most deflagrant)

1. That burns with intense light and heat.
   • 2003 Allan M. Williams - The Knight and the Blast Furnace

     Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly-burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent - the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre.

Related terms

• deflagrate
• deflagration
• deflagrating spoon

Latin

Verb

d?flagrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of d?flagr?

Romanian

Etymology

From French déflagrant.

Adjective

deflagrant m or n (feminine singular deflagrant?, masculine plural deflagran?i, feminine and neuter plural deflagrante)

1. deflagrant

Declension