Definition of deflagration in English:
deflagration
noun dɛfləˈɡreɪʃ(ə)nˌdɛfləˈɡreɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun1The action of heating a substance until it burns away rapidly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Improper dispersal of the fuel aerosol or a mis-timed firing of the initiator could produce a large fireball, but the resulting deflagration would not produce the blast shock wave of the intended explosive detonation.
- Very few blast-resistant windows installed during the renovation of the structure that was begun in 1999 and scheduled for completion in 2010 broke during the impact and deflagration of aircraft fuel.
- Other times, depending on the casement, whether it is plastic or metal, especially metal, it will do low order detonation, or what we call deflagration.
- 1.1technical Combustion which propagates through a gas or across the surface of an explosive at subsonic speeds, driven by the transfer of heat.
Compare with detonation
Example sentencesExamples
- Explosives experts refer to rapid explosive reactions as detonation and slower explosive reactions as deflagration.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin deflagratio(n-), from the verb deflagrare (see deflagrate).
Definition of deflagration in US English:
deflagration
nounˌdefləˈɡrāSH(ə)nˌdɛfləˈɡreɪʃ(ə)n
1The action of heating a substance until it burns away rapidly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Other times, depending on the casement, whether it is plastic or metal, especially metal, it will do low order detonation, or what we call deflagration.
- Improper dispersal of the fuel aerosol or a mis-timed firing of the initiator could produce a large fireball, but the resulting deflagration would not produce the blast shock wave of the intended explosive detonation.
- Very few blast-resistant windows installed during the renovation of the structure that was begun in 1999 and scheduled for completion in 2010 broke during the impact and deflagration of aircraft fuel.
- 1.1technical Combustion which propagates through a gas or across the surface of an explosive at subsonic speeds, driven by the transfer of heat.
Compare with detonation
Example sentencesExamples
- Explosives experts refer to rapid explosive reactions as detonation and slower explosive reactions as deflagration.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin deflagratio(n-), from the verb deflagrare (see deflagrate).