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Definition of Deflagration
1. 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 of Deflagration
1. n. A burning up; conflagration.
Definition of Deflagration
1. Noun. The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deflagration
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Medical Definition of Deflagration
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1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations."
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Deflagration
Literary usage of Deflagration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"deflagration. We understand by the term deflagration, in a more general sense,
every process of decomposition attended with noise or detonation. ..."
2. A System of Instruction in Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1864)
"We understand by the term " deflagration," in a more general sense, every process
... deflagration is resorted to either to produce the desired oxide—thus ..."
3. The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated on the Principles of Modern by George Gregory (1796)
"... Phenomena attending its deflagration ... Its moft extraordinary property is
its deflagration with inflammable ..."
4. One Thousand Experiments in Chemistry: With Illustrations of Natural by Colin MacKenzie (1822)
"deflagration is the sudden Combustion and Explosion of substances when thei/ come
in contact ... Sometimes, deflagration takes place at the moment of union. ..."
5. Explosives: A Synoptic and Critical Treatment of the Literature of the by Heinrich Brunswig (1912)
"A deflagration under rapidly rising pressure, as in firearms, for instance, can
end with a detonation. On the other hand there are hindrances to the ..."
6. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"A mixture of ammonium chloride and pure calcium carbonate (precipitated chalk)
is also used in fusions of silicates for alkalies. deflagration. ..."
7. The Tragedies of Sophocles by Sophocles, Robert Potter (1820)
"... temples, and cities, and carry with them deflagration, ruin, and horror.
., • • • Aristotle observes that in the most excellent tragedy, which should be ..."
8. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1865)
"deflagration then takes place slowly, without projection of the mixture. When it
is ended, the fused mass is taken up with water, the liquid is ..."
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