Antiphlogiston
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Antiphlogiston is an adjective meaning (historical) Opposed to the phlogiston hypothesis.
Meaning
(historical) Opposed to the phlogiston hypothesis.
Example Sentences
Jameson had heard the last dying echoes of the battle between the partisans of the phlogiston and the antiphlogiston camp.
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's Opuscules Physiques et Chemiques […] laid some of the foundation for his later antiphlogiston theory of chemistry.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antiphilosophical, antihedonistic, antihistorical, antiagnostic, antiphallic, antinaturalist.
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