deflagrant
See also: déflagrant
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfləɡɹənt/
Adjective
deflagrant (comparative more deflagrant, superlative most deflagrant)
- That burns with intense light and heat.
- 2003 Allan M. Williams - The Knight and the Blast Furnace
- Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly-burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent - the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre.
- 2003 Allan M. Williams - The Knight and the Blast Furnace
Related terms
- deflagrate
- deflagration
- deflagrating spoon
Latin
Verb
dēflagrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of dēflagrō