Meanings
plural deflagrations
- countableuncountableThe act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
Black powder . . . It produces a relatively fast burn or deflagration rather than a detonation and is classified as "low explosive".
1998, Michael R Bromwich, The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation into Laboratory Practices & Alleged Misconduct1 more example
If, for example, the mixture of oxygen and hydrogen was twenty volumes, and three volumes of oxygen remained after the deflagration, the mixture consisted of six volumes of hydrogen and six volumes of oxygen.
1849, Heinrich Rose, A Practical Treatise of Chemical Analysis
Synonyms & antonyms
with respect to speed of propagation
Origin
- Latindēflagrātiō
- Englishdeflagration
From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre.
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Finnish humahdus, deflagraatio
- humahdusintense fire
- deflagraatiointense fire
German Verpuffung
- Verpuffungintense fire
Italian deflagrazione
- deflagrazioneintense fire
Korean 폭연
- 폭연 (pogyeon)intense fire
Polish deflagracja
- deflagracjaintense fire
Portuguese deflagração
- deflagraçãointense fire
Romanian deflagrație
- deflagrațieintense fire
Spanish deflagración
- deflagraciónintense fire
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Cite this entry
deflagration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflagration
“deflagration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflagration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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