DEFLAGRATION
\dɪflɐɡɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪflɐɡɹˈeɪʃən], \d_ɪ_f_l_ɐ_ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEFLAGRATION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Deflagratio, from deflagrare, (de, and flagrare, flagratum, 'to burn,') 'to set on fire.' In pharmacy, the rapid combustion of a substance with flame; great elevation of temperature; violent motion, and more or less noise. Thus, we speak of the deflagration of nitrate, and of chlorate, of potassa, of gunpowder, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A sudden, sharp combustion, usually with a crackling sound; also the setting up of such combustion by friction, etc. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A sudden and sparking combustion; consumption by fire generally.
