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deflagration

English

Etymology

From Latin d?flagr?ti?, from d?flagr?re.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?d?fl????e???n/

Noun

deflagration (countable and uncountable, plural deflagrations)

  1. The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.

Antonyms

  • (with respect to speed of propagation): detonation

Hypernyms

  • combustion

Related terms

  • deflagrate
  • deflagrating

Translations

Anagrams

  • afterloading

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deflagrant

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

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