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spontaneous combustions

spontaneous combustions is the plural of spontaneous combustion.

Meaning of spontaneous combustion

Noun

spontaneous combustion (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneous combustions)

  1. Combustion without an external source of heat.
    • The experiment was abandoned when one fine day spontaneous combustion of the pulverised coal in the container occurred, and a black cloud of the very finely divided fuel rose into the air by the force of the explosion, and was slowly wafted by the prevailing breeze over the town, upon which it...1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Pulverised Fuel Experiment”, in Railway Magazine, page 318
    Synonyms:
    autocombustion

Questions about spontaneous combustions

What is spontaneous combustions the plural of?
Spontaneous combustions is the plural of spontaneous combustion.

Words near spontaneous combustions in the dictionary

  1. spontaneity
  2. spontaneous
  3. spontaneous abortion
  4. spontaneous abortions
  5. spontaneous combustion
  6. spontaneous combustions
  7. spontaneous fission
  8. spontaneous generation
  9. spontaneous generationist
  10. spontaneous generationists
  11. spontaneous generations

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