deflagrant

See also: déflagrant

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfləɡɹənt/

Adjective

deflagrant (comparative more deflagrant, superlative most deflagrant)

1. That burns with intense light and heat.
   • 2003, Allan M. Williams, The Knight and the Blast Furnace:

     Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly-burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent - the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre.

Related terms

• deflagrate
• deflagration
• deflagrating spoon

Catalan

Verb

deflagrant

1. gerund of deflagrar

Latin

Verb

dēflagrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēflagrō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déflagrant.

Adjective

deflagrant m or n (feminine singular deflagrantă, masculine plural deflagranți, feminine and neuter plural deflagrante)

1. deflagrant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	deflagrant		deflagrantă		deflagranți	deflagrante
	definite	deflagrantul		deflagranta		deflagranții	deflagrantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	deflagrant		deflagrante		deflagranți	deflagrante
	definite	deflagrantului		deflagrantei		deflagranților	deflagrantelor