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trench effect

trench effect noun: the phenomenon of a fire rushing quickly up an inclined surface, due to a combination of the Coandă effect (which causes the fire to hug the inclined surface) and flashover (where the surface of a space near the fire — in this case the surface of the more elevated regions of the incline — is heated until it self-ignites).

Noun

trench effect

  1. The phenomenon of a fire rushing quickly up an inclined surface, due to a combination of the Coandă effect (which causes the fire to hug the inclined surface) and flashover (where the surface of a space near the fire — in this case the surface of the more elevated regions of the incline — is heated until it self-ignites).

Questions about trench effect

What does trench effect mean?
Trench effect means the phenomenon of a fire rushing quickly up an inclined surface, due to a combination of the Coandă effect (which causes the fire to hug the inclined surface) and flashover (where the surface of a space near the fire — in this case the surface of the more elevated regions of the incline — is heated until it self-ignites).
What part of speech is trench effect?
Trench effect is a noun.

Words near trench effect in the dictionary

  1. trench cut
  2. trench cuts
  3. trench derby
  4. trench dress
  5. trench dresses
  6. trench effect
  7. trench fever
  8. trench fevers
  9. trench foot
  10. trench knife
  11. trench knives

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