deflagration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat

WordNet

Def`la*gra"tion noun
Etymology
L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration.
Definitions
  1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson.
  2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating.

Webster 1913