Words Like PHLOGISTON
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5 definitions of phlogiston
1
The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.
2
a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning
3
A hypothetical substance formerly thought to be a volatile constituent of all combustible substances, released as flame in combustion.
4
In old chemistry, the supposed principle of inflammability; the matter of fire in composition with other bodies.
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The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.