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PHLOGISTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phlogiston mean?
• PHLOGISTON (noun)
The noun PHLOGISTON has 1 sense:
1. a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning
Familiarity information: PHLOGISTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("phlogiston" is a kind of...):
substance (the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists)
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