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Definition of Flashpoint
1. Noun. Point at which something is ready to blow up.
2. Noun. The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air.
Definition of Flashpoint
1. Noun. The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flashpoint
Literary usage of Flashpoint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review (1898)
"They adopted the flashpoint as the criterion of safety, and now only those oils
giving a minimum flashpoint of ..."
2. A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services, 2003 by Martha L Brogan (2005)
"6.5.1 Sciences: flashpoint, CiteSeer, Scirus Los Alamos Federated Search Engine:
... flashpoint can be searched by specific database (user-selected) or by ..."
3. The Technical Examination of Crude Petroleum, Petroleum Products and Natural by William Allen Hamor, Fred Warde Padgett (1920)
"These products have a Baume gravity of from 40° to 49°, a flashpoint varying from
110° to 130°F., and a fire-test of from 125° to 160°F. Export kerosene ..."
4. The Design and Construction of Oil Engines: With Full Directions for by Arthur Hugh Goldingham (1914)
"of low flashpoint fuel so as to make the ignition more rapid and allow combustion
of the heavy crude oil or tar oil which is 95 per cent, of the charge to ..."
5. Practical Testing of Raw Materials: A Concise Handbook for Manufacturers by S. S. Dyson (1901)
"flashpoint.—The flashpoint should be estimated as described in paragraph 28.
Oil or other liquid fuel which has a low flashpoint will, ..."
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