Freeburn
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An unconstrained fire.
"Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 2 showed that rate-of-rise or rate-anticipating thermal detectors spaced as little as two feet or six feet directly above a 2½-square-foot alcohol fire, after a freeburn of 30 seconds, either did not detect at all within 30 seconds or, did so between 28 and 30 seconds."
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 2 showed that rate-of-rise or rate-anticipating thermal detectors spaced as little as two feet or six feet directly above a 2½-square-foot alcohol fire, after a freeburn of 30 seconds, either did not detect at all within 30 seconds or, did so between 28 and 30 seconds."
Etymology
From free + burn.
Variant of Freeborn.
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