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phlogistication

phlogistication noun: the act or process of combining with phlogiston.

Noun

phlogistication (countable and uncountable, plural phlogistications)

  1. (obsolete) The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
    • When [Henry Cavendish] commenced those researches, he found an opinion prevailing, that the production of fixed air, or carbonic acid, is the invariable result of what he called the phlogistication, and we should call the deoxidation, of atmospheric air.1810, George Wilson, M.D., F.R.D.E., “General Sketch of Cavendish's Scientific Researches and Discoveries”, in The Life of the Honᵇˡᵉ Henry Cavendish, page 43

Forms of phlogistication

pluralphlogistications

Questions about phlogistication

What does phlogistication mean?
Phlogistication means the act or process of combining with phlogiston.
What part of speech is phlogistication?
Phlogistication is a noun.
What is the plural of phlogistication?
The plural of phlogistication is phlogistications.

Words near phlogistication in the dictionary

  1. phlogisticate
  2. phlogisticated
  3. phlogisticated air
  4. phlogisticates
  5. phlogisticating
  6. phlogistication
  7. phlogistications
  8. phlogistick
  9. phlogiston
  10. phlogiston theory
  11. phlogistonic

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