phlogistic

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
  2. Pertaining to or containing phlogiston. historical
    — His experiments, with their phlogistic explanations, led him to believe that the only distinct species of air were the fixed, alkaline, and acid.
  3. Burning, fiery. obsolete

词形变化

more phlogistic comparative most phlogistic superlative phlogistick alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
phlogisticate phlogisticated dephlogisticate dephlogisticated
相关词
phlogistics

词源

From Ancient Greek φλογιστός (phlogistós, “flammable”), from φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”); in chemistry sense reinforced by phlogist(on) + -ic.
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