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/ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/ · noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction..
If, for example, the mixture of oxygen and hydrogen was twenty volumes, and three volumes of oxygen remained after the deflagration, the mixture consisted of six volumes of hydrogen and six volumes of oxygen.
Black powder . . . It produces a relatively fast burn or deflagration rather than a detonation and is classified as "low explosive".
Use deflagration when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Deflagration means The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include detonation.
If, for example, the mixture of oxygen and hydrogen was twenty volumes, and three volumes of oxygen remained after the deflagration, the mixture consisted of six volumes of hydrogen and six volumes of oxygen.
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