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fire point

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after ignition by an open flame of standard dimension.

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: selfontbrandingspunt — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Basque: sugar-puntu — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Catalan: punt de foc — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燃點 /燃点 (rándiǎn) — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Czech: teplota hoření — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Danish: antændelsestemperatur — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Dutch: zelfontbrandingstemperatuur — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Finnish: palopiste — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • French: point d'inflammation — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • German: Brennpunkt — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Hungarian: gyulladáspont — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Italian: punto di combustione — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Korean: 발화점 (balhwajeom) — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Lithuanian: degimo temperatūra — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Norwegian: antennelsestemperatur — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Persian: نقطه آتش — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Portuguese: ponto de combustão — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Russian: температура воспламенения (temperatura vosplamenenija) — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Slovak: bod horenia — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Slovene: vnetišče — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Spanish: punto de ignición — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Tamil: எரிபற்றுநிலை (eripaṟṟunilai) — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
  • Ukrainian: температура займання (temperatura zajmannja) — the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn