Phlogiston

//flə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɪstɒn//

Synonyms for "phlogiston"

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Bulgarian

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  • флогисто́н noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 燃素 noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Czech

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  • flogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Dutch

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  • flogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Finnish

1 entries
  • flogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

French

1 entries
  • phlogistique noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Galician

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  • floxisto noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

German

2 entries
  • Caloricum noun (hypothetical fiery principle)
  • Phlogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פלוגיסטון noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • flogiszton noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Italian

1 entries
  • flogisto noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Japanese

2 entries
  • フロギストン noun (hypothetical fiery principle)
  • 燃素 noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Korean

1 entries
  • 플로지스톤 noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Macedonian

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  • флогисто́н noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • flogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • flogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Polish

1 entries
  • flogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • flogisto noun (hypothetical fiery principle)
  • flogístico noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Russian

1 entries
  • флогисто́н noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Slovak

1 entries
  • flogistón noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Spanish

1 entries
  • flogisto noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Swedish

1 entries
  • flogiston noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • флогістон noun (hypothetical fiery principle)

Sample sentences

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[…] air was universally reputed to be a simple or elementary body. It was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston[…] being more or less phlogisticated, according to the degree of its power to support respiration and combustion.

Source: wiktionary

Stahl argued that phlogiston could explain combustion, a central concern of eighteenth-century chemistry.

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