deflagration
Meaning
Noun
- The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
Related
Opposite words
- (with respect to speed of propagation): detonation
Broader meaning words
Origin
- From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre.
Modern English dictionary
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