fire point

noun

The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after ignition by an open flame of standard dimension.

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Meanings

nounfire point (plural fire points)

plural fire points

  1. The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after ignition by an open flame of standard dimension.

Translations

Afrikaans selfontbrandingspunt
  • selfontbrandingspuntthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Basque sugar-puntu
  • sugar-puntuthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Catalan punt de foc
  • punt de focthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Chinese Mandarin 燃點 /燃点
  • 燃點 /燃点 (rándiǎn)the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Czech teplota hoření
  • teplota hořeníthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Danish antændelsestemperatur
  • antændelsestemperaturthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Dutch zelfontbrandingstemperatuur
  • zelfontbrandingstemperatuurthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Finnish palopiste
  • palopistethe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
French point d'inflammation
  • point d'inflammationthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
German Brennpunkt
  • Brennpunktthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Hungarian gyulladáspont
  • gyulladáspontthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Italian punto di combustione
  • punto di combustionethe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Korean 발화점
  • 발화점 (balhwajeom)the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Lithuanian degimo temperatūra
  • degimo temperatūrathe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Norwegian antennelsestemperatur
  • antennelsestemperaturthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Persian نقطه آتش
  • نقطه آتشthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Portuguese ponto de combustão
  • ponto de combustãothe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Russian температура воспламенения
  • температура воспламенения (temperatura vosplamenenija)the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Slovak bod horenia
  • bod horeniathe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Spanish punto de ignición
  • punto de igniciónthe lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Tamil எரிபற்றுநிலை
  • எரிபற்றுநிலை (eripaṟṟunilai)the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Ukrainian температура займання
  • температура займання (temperatura zajmannja)the lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn
Cite this entry
APA

fire point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20point

MLA

“fire point.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20point. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire point,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20point.

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