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flashover

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from flash over.

Definitions

  1. The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.

    • The blaze turned into what Swiss officials called an embrasement généralisé, a term for a fire that releases combustible gases that can ignite violently, triggering what English-speaking firefighters call a flashover or backdraft.

  2. An unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for flashover. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA