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fire triangle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables
fire -tri-an-gle
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

noun

The diagram representing these three elements of a fire.

noun

A fire and its three components.

Etymology

From fire + triangle.

Inflected Forms

fire triangles (plural)

Phrases

fire tetrahedron

Frequently Paired Words

fire tetrahedron

Synonyms

combustion triangle

Questions

What does fire triangle mean?
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).
Where does fire triangle come from?
From fire + triangle.

How to pronounce fire triangle

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