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noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: combustion, burning
History
From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
