Antiphlogiston

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposed to the phlogiston hypothesis. historical

    "Jameson had heard the last dying echoes of the battle between the partisans of the phlogiston and the antiphlogiston camp."

Example

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"Jameson had heard the last dying echoes of the battle between the partisans of the phlogiston and the antiphlogiston camp."

Etymology

From anti- + phlogiston.

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