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Flashover
The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
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noun
- 1
The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
- 2
An unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| flashfirenoun | A sudden, intense fire caused by the ignition of flammable substances in the air. |
| sparkovernoun | Synonym of flashover (“unintended electrical discharge”). |
| firebreaknoun | An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it. |
| flashingnoun | The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor. |
| autoignitionnoun | Spontaneous combustion. |
| matchflarenoun | The flaring of a lit match. |
| flash burnernoun | A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark. |
| flameoutnoun | (figurative) The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner. |
| flashnoun | A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. |
| flash pointnoun | (physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid. |
| smoke explosionnoun | (firefighting) An explosion of flue gases accumulated inside a burning building. |
| backflashnoun | The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system. |
| fulgurationnoun | (medicine) cauterization with electricity; electrocautery |
| spot firenoun | A small fire started by a burning fragment of a wildfire, that causes the wildfire to spread downwind |
| outflushverb | (transitive) To flush out (something). |
| flarenoun | A sudden bright light. |
| flarebacknoun | A burst of flame emitted from a cannon, furnace, etc. in an abnormal direction. |
| fireblastnoun | A fiery explosion. |
| fire loadnoun | The quantity of combustible matter in a given area, or the quantity of heat that can be generated by its combustion. |
| deflagrationnoun | The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction. |
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