Defenition of the word phlogiston

• Defenition of the word phlogiston

  • A hypothetical substance formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning, according to a now obsolete theory
  • a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning

Hypernyms for the word phlogiston

• • matter
  • substance

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