"flash point" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflæʃ.ˌpɔɪnt/ Audio: En-us-flashpoint.oga [US] Forms: flash points [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃpɔɪnt Head templates: {{en-noun}} flash point (plural flash points)
  1. (physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (temperature): температура на запалване (temperatura na zapalvane) (Bulgarian), 閃點 (Chinese Mandarin), 闪点 (shǎndiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), bod vzplanutí [masculine] (Czech), leimahduspiste (Finnish), point d’inflammabilité [masculine] (French), Flammpunkt [masculine] (German), lobbanáspont (Hungarian), лап ету температурасы (lap etu temperaturasy) (Kazakh), тұтану температурасы (tūtanu temperaturasy) (Kazakh), paemahana mura (Maori), antennelsestemperatur [masculine] (Norwegian), flammepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian), punto de inflamabilidad [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-flash_point-en-noun-rEYj8l5P Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'temperature': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: hot spot, trouble spot Translations (figuratively; a hotspot): ruutitynnyri (Finnish), Brennpunkt [masculine] (German), brennpunkt [neuter] (Norwegian), kritisk punkt [neuter] (Norwegian), krutdurk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flash_point-en-noun-OUnX7hZs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'figuratively; a hotspot': 5 95
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Synonyms: flashpoint

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