phlogiston

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Etymology

Coined by Stahl in 1702, from Ancient Greek φλογιστόν, neuter of φλογιστός ‘inflammable’, from φλογίζειν ‘to set fire to’, from φλόξ ‘flame’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flə(ʊ)ˈdʒɪstɒn/

Noun

phlogiston (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.

Related terms

• dephlogisticated air

Translations

hypothetical fiery principle

Chinese: 燃素说 Czech: flogiston (cs) m. Dutch: phlogiston (nl) Finnish: flogiston (fi) German: Phlogiston (de) n., Caloricum Hebrew: פלוגיסטון (he) Hungarian: flogiszton Italian: flogisto (it) m. Japanese: フロギストン

Korean: 플로지스톤 Polish: flogiston (pl) m. Portuguese: flogisto (pt) m. Russian: флогистон (ru) Slovak: flogistón Spanish: flogisto (es) Swedish: flogiston (sv) Ukrainian: флогістон

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French: phlogiston, phlogistique