Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deflagration

/ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: de-fla-gra-tion
IPA: /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If, for example, the mixture of oxygen and hydrogen was twenty volumes, and three volumes of oxygen remained after the deflagration, the mixture consisted of six volumes of hydrogen and six volumes of oxygen."
"Black powder . . . It produces a relatively fast burn or deflagration rather than a detonation and is classified as "low explosive"."

Etymology

From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: dēflagrātiō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/
British English: /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

deflagrations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

deflagrate deflagrating

Antonyms

detonation

Questions

How do you pronounce deflagration?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/.
What does deflagration mean?: The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
Where does deflagration come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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