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Webster 1913 Edition
Deflagration
Defˊla-gra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
deflagratio
: cf. F. déflagration
.] 1.
A burning up; conflagration.
“Innumerable deluges and deflagrations.” Bp. Pearson.
2.
(Chem.)
The act or process of deflagrating.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deflagration
DEFLAGRATION
,Noun.
The strength of spirit is proved by deflagration.
A rapid combustion of a mixture, attended with much evolution of flame and vapor, as of niter and charcoal.
This term is also applied to the rapid combustion of metals by galvanism.