"fire triangle" meaning in English

See fire triangle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fire triangles [plural]
Etymology: From fire + triangle. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|triangle}} fire + triangle Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire triangle (plural fire triangles)
  1. The three elements necessary and sufficient to sustain a fire: fuel (e.g. wood or petrol/gasoline), oxidizer (e.g. oxygen), and sufficient heat (e.g. reaction temperature or activation energy). Translations (Translations): palokolmio (Finnish), triangle du feu [masculine] (French), Verbrennungsdreieck [neuter] (German), Feuerdreieck [neuter] (German), triangolo del fuoco [masculine] (Italian), triunghi de foc [neuter] (Romanian), triángulo del fuego [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fire_triangle-en-noun-GUOlOEop Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Fire, Oxygen, Temperature, Three Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 4 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 9 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 5 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 10 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 11 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 68 10 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 68 10 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 9 20 Disambiguation of Fire: 26 35 39 Disambiguation of Oxygen: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Temperature: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Three: 39 27 34 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 58 4 38
  2. The diagram representing these three elements of a fire.
    Sense id: en-fire_triangle-en-noun-h44PqNGB Categories (other): Fire, Three Disambiguation of Fire: 26 35 39 Disambiguation of Three: 39 27 34
  3. A fire and its three components.
    Sense id: en-fire_triangle-en-noun-Rya3dFEj Categories (other): Fire, Three Disambiguation of Fire: 26 35 39 Disambiguation of Three: 39 27 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: combustion triangle Related terms: fire tetrahedron

Inflected forms

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