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Spontaneous combustion   /spɑntˈeɪniəs kəmbˈəstʃən/   Listen
Spontaneous combustion

noun
1.
Ignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process.





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"Spontaneous combustion" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the cause; he considered it could never be spontaneous combustion, but always accident, unless, indeed, in an exceptional case like the present, said Mr. Holt sotto voce. Settlers, burning brush heaps, or logging, sometimes permit the flame to run along the ground into the bush; and in ...
— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe


Words linked to "Spontaneous combustion" :   ignition


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