Deflagration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deflagration \Def`la*gra"tion\, n. [L. deflagratio: cf. F.
     d['e]flagration.]
     1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and
        deflagrations." --Bp. Pearson.
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     2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "deflagration":
     blaze, blazing, blistering, branding, burning, burst, calcination,
     carbonization, cauterization, cautery, cineration, combustion,
     concremation, cracking, cremation, cupellation,
     destructive distillation, distillation, distilling, flaming, flare,
     flare-up, flash, flash fire, incineration, outburst, oxidation,
     oxidization, parching, pyrolysis, refining, scorching,
     scorification, searing, self-immolation, singeing, smelting,
     suttee, the stake, thermogenesis, vesication