antiphlogistian
antiphlogistian noun: someone who opposes phlogiston theory.
Noun
antiphlogistian (plural antiphlogistians)
- Someone who opposes phlogiston theory.
- Antiphlogistians might argue that when a metallic calx was revived in inflammable air, air joined dephlogisticated air in the calx, the metal resuming its form and qualities without addition.2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 182
Adjective
antiphlogistian (not comparable)
- Opposed to phlogiston theory.
- The other objections which Mr. Kirwan makes againſt the antiphlogiſtian doctrine, and which he deduces from the precipitation of the metals by each other, are not more difficult to be explained upon the principles I have laid down; […]1789, Richard Kirwan, Antoine Lavoisier, “Note of Mr. Lavoisier, upon the Precipitation of the Metals by each other”, in An Essay on Phlogiston and the Constitution of Acids, Second English edition...
- Synonyms:
- antiphlogistic
Synonyms of antiphlogistian
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Forms of antiphlogistian
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Origin of antiphlogistian
From anti- + phlogistian.
Questions about antiphlogistian
- What does antiphlogistian mean?
- Antiphlogistian means someone who opposes phlogiston theory.
- What part of speech is antiphlogistian?
- Antiphlogistian can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of antiphlogistian?
- The plural of antiphlogistian is antiphlogistians.
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