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deflagration

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aadefgilnortStarts with DEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat

Word origin

From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre.

Used in a sentence

  • If, for example, the mixture of oxygen and hydrogen was twenty volumes, and three volumes of oxygen remained after the deflagration, the mixture consisted of six volumes of hydrogen and six volumes of oxygen.
  • Black powder . . . It produces a relatively fast burn or deflagration rather than a detonation and is classified as "low explosive".

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