Phlogiston

[flәu'dʒistәn]

解释:

(noun.) a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning.

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解释:

(n.) The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

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解释:

n. an imaginary element believed in till nearly the end of the 18th century as forming part of every combustible body which by its disengagement caused burning or fire in action.—adj. Phlogis′tic (chem.) containing or resembling phlogiston: inflaming: (med.) inflammatory.—v.t. Phlogis′ticate to combine phlogiston with.

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