deflagration

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/

Noun

deflagration

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

Antonyms

• (with respect to speed of propagation): detonation

Related terms

• deflagrate
• deflagrating

Translations

• German: Verpuffung
• Italian: deflagrazione
• Spanish: deflagración

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