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Flash point   /flæʃ pɔɪnt/   Listen
Flash point

noun
1.
Point at which something is ready to blow up.  Synonym: flashpoint.
2.
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air.  Synonym: flashpoint.






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"Flash point" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Babylon, to the faith of Achates, and the affliction of Job. While Mr Kipling's contemporaries have been working towards minute studies of individuals and groups, Mr Kipling has been content to catch the metal of humanity at the flash point, to wait for the passionate moment which reveals all mankind as of one kindred. "We be of one blood, ye and I"—the phrase of ...
— Rudyard Kipling • John Palmer

... practical chemist, and spent many hours trying to analyze the fuel. It was highly inflammable, yet could stand terrific compression without effect. When it was allowed to expand again, it reached the flash point immediately, creating enormous amounts of heavy gas. He believed it might be duplicated from ...
— Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! • Warner Van Lorne



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