DEFLAGRABLE
De*fla"gra*ble, a. Etym: [See Deflagrate.] (Chem.)
Defn: Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.
DEFLAGRATE
Def"la*grate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deflagrating.] Etym: [L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up;
de- + flagrare to flame, burn.] (Chem.)
Defn: To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.
DEFLAGRATE
Def"la*grate, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.
DEFLAGRATION
Def`la*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration.]
1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: The act or process of deflagrating.