deflagrable
English
Etymology
See deflagrate and -able.
Adjective
deflagrable (comparative more deflagrable, superlative most deflagrable)
- (chemistry, archaic) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion; slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, like salt.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deflagrable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)