different between deflagration vs deflagrate

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

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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?