spontaneous combustion

English

Noun

spontaneous combustion (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneous combustions)

1. Combustion without an external source of heat.

Derived terms

• spontaneous human combustion

Translations

combustion without a source of heat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自燃 (zh) (zìrán)

• Finnish: itsesyttyminen
• Greek: αυτανάφλεξη (el) f (aftanáflexi)
• Polish: samozapłon m
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• Portuguese: combustão espontânea f
• Romanian: combustie spontană f
• Swedish: självantändning c
• Tagalog: kusang-liyab

See also

• burst into flames