deflagration

== English == === Etymology === From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/ === Noun === deflagration (countable and uncountable, plural deflagrations) The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction. ==== Antonyms ==== (with respect to speed of propagation): detonation ==== Hypernyms ==== combustion ==== Related terms ==== deflagrate deflagrating ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === afterloading