dephlogisticated

adjective

From which the phlogiston has been removed

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of dephlogisticate
adjectivedephlogisticated (comparative more dephlogisticated, superlative most dephlogisticated)

comparative more dephlogisticated · superlative most dephlogisticated

  1. obsoletechemistryFrom which the phlogiston has been removed
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    A late bloomer in the journals compared to his peers, he didn’t even submit his first paper for publication until age thirty-five, chronicling his discovery of an unstable gas he called “inflammable air”—the element now known as hydrogen, the basic building block of the universe. He then determined the composition of water by using a spark of electricity to combine this new gas and “dephlogisticated” air—oxygen.

    2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 22
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MLA

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Chicago

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