deflagrate
(verb) burn with great heat and intense light; “the powder deflagrated”
deflagrate
(verb) cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity; “care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deflagrate (third-person singular simple present deflagrates, present participle deflagrating, simple past and past participle deflagrated)
(physics) To burn with intense light and heat.
Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
• (with respect to speed of propagation) detonate
• combust
Source: Wiktionary
Def"la*grate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating.] Etym: [L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn.] (Chem.)
Definition: To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.
Def"la*grate, v. t. (Chem.)
Definition: To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
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