Associations to the word «Deflagration»

Wiktionary

DEFLAGRATION, noun. The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.

Dictionary definition

DEFLAGRATION, noun. Combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat.

Wise words

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