phlogiston
The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
Related words
- antiphlogiston
- phlogistonic
- phlogistonism
- dephlogisticate
- dephlogisticated
- dephlogisticated air
- phlogistic
- phlogistian
- phlogisticate
- phlogisticated
- phlogisticated air
- phlogistication
Word history
From Ancient Greek "φλογιστόν".
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