==Damaging deflagration events== Damage to buildings, equipment and people can result from a large-scale, short-duration deflagration. The potential damage is primarily a function of the total amount of fuel burned in the event (total energy available), the maximum flame velocity that is achieved, and the manner in which the expansion of the combu... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflagration
Def`la·gra'tion noun [ Latin deflagratio : confer French déflagration .] 1. A burning up; conflagration. 'Innumerable deluges and deflagrations .' Bp. Pearson. 2. (Chemistry) The act or process of deflagrating. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/24
deflagration 1. Combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat. 2. A process of subsonic combustion that usually propagates through thermal conductivity (hot burning material heats the next layer of cold material and ignites it). Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/831/
noun combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974