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Definition of Inflammability
1. Noun. The quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly.
Generic synonyms: Burnability, Combustibility, Combustibleness
Derivative terms: Flammable, Inflammable
Definition of Inflammability
1. Noun. The condition of being inflammable ¹
2. Noun. The extent to which something is inflammable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inflammability
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflammability
Literary usage of Inflammability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Preservation of Structural Timber by Howard Frederick Weiss (1916)
"The results obtained in the tests on the inflammability of treated woods were
made use of in this work on the inflammability of the special forms— siding ..."
2. The Preservation of Structural Timber by Howard Frederick Weiss (1916)
"The results obtained in the tests on the inflammability of treated woods were
made use of in this work on the inflammability of the special forms— siding ..."
3. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"The employment of collodion membranes in physical experiments is becoming of
increasing importance and usefulness. Reduction of inflammability. ..."
4. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"By the inflammability of fuel we understand its property of bursting into flame
when kindled ; and as flame is due only to burning gases, it is evident that ..."
5. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"SURPRISING inflammability OF SULPHURIC ETHER ILLUSTRATED. The inflammability of
sulphuric ether may be illustrated by applying the flame of a taper to a jet ..."
6. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1820)
"On the inflammability of Fixed Oils. As we hinted in our paper, page 188, relative
to the volatility and inflammability of fixed oils, the attention of ..."
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