Phlogistication
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phlogistication is a noun meaning (chemistry, obsolete) The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
Meaning
(chemistry, obsolete) The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
Example Sentences
When [Henry Cavendish] commenced those researches, he found an opinion prevailing, that the production of fixed air, or carbonic acid, is the invariable result of what he called the phlogistication, and we should call the deoxidation, of atmospheric air.
Word Forms
- phlogistications
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dephlogistication, phlegm, dephlegmation, colliquation, glaucophanization, phlorizinization.
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