"deflagrate" meaning in English

See deflagrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-deflagrate.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deflagrate.wav Forms: deflagrates [present, singular, third-person], deflagrating [participle, present], deflagrated [participle, past], deflagrated [past]
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin deflagrare, from de + flagrare (“to burn”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|deflagrare}} Latin deflagrare Head templates: {{en-verb}} deflagrate (third-person singular simple present deflagrates, present participle deflagrating, simple past and past participle deflagrated)
  1. (physics) To burn with intense light and heat. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-deflagrate-en-verb-es6VePYe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (physics) To burn with intense light and heat.
    Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
    Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-deflagrate-en-verb-7QnCXRCH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: combust Derived forms: deflagrative, deflagrator Related terms: deflagrating spoon, deflagration Translations (to burn with intense light and heat): изгарям (izgarjam) (Bulgarian), humahtaa (Finnish), leimahtaa (Finnish), déflagrer (French), verpuffen (German), deflagrare (Italian), deflagrar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to burn with intense light and heat': 50 50

Inflected forms

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