(n.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.
(n.) Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.
Example Sentences:
(1) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
(2) Glucose, osmotic pressure, packed cell volume, PFC by combustion and volatilization were also measured in blood samples.
(3) N-heterocyclic aromatics are environmentally important carcinogenic pollutants produced by incomplete combustion of organic material.
(4) A removable, stainless-steel tube is present around the heated area, and this particular configuration makes it possible to begin every combustion procedure from room temperature, and consequently, to achieve a complete evacuation of air from the line even for heat-labile samples.
(5) Combustion-product toxicity of perfluorinated polymers in small-scale tests varied markedly under various exposure conditions.
(6) Although few relationships among combustion parameters and emissions were uncovered, patterns of emissions were evident, suggesting commonality and relationships among the waste stream constituents and emissions.
(7) Biological studies have demonstrated that concentrated extract of tars from combustion of shale oil are carcingenic to the skin of mice.
(8) Some compounds derived from tobacco combustion can be induce a response of secretory immune system, because antigen penetration is by respiratory tract epithelium, with IgA antibodies synthesis and immune complex (IC) generation.
(9) Waste products from coal combustion have the highest potential risk among the fossil fuel alternatives.
(10) Bicyclic phosphorus esters (BCP) originating from the combustion of fire-retardant polyurethane foam containing phosphorus are highly toxic compounds and potent antagonists of GABA-ergic receptors.
(11) Firefighters are routinely exposed to a wide variety of combustion products.
(12) Combustion gas drying had no effect for the larger PAHs such as benzo(a)pyrene but caused mean increases of between 41% and 126% for fluoranthene, pyrene and chrysene.
(13) A wet combustion method for the carbon determination was developed.
(14) The design-specified operating temperature was 800 degrees C in the primary combustion chamber and 1000 degrees C in the secondary chamber.
(15) Fullerenes C60 and C70, generated by combustion, have been shown previously to be produced in controlled laminar flames accompanied by other compounds having fullerene-like characteristics.
(16) There is growing concern over the detrimental health effects to firefighters produced by exposure to combustion byproducts of burning materials.
(17) Residential wood combustion accounted for 75% of the exposure to particle associated organics, but only 20% of the estimated cancer risk.
(18) Evidence for the atmospheric formation of nitro-PAH has come only recently, from observations that 2-nitropyrene (2-NP) and 2-nitrofluoranthene (2-NF) neither of which has been reported to be emitted from combustion sources, are among the major nitro-PAH present in ambient air.
(19) The combustion gases of cotton, polypropylene, acrylic, flame retardant (F.R.)
(20) Products of incomplete combustion are identified as a major source of carcinogenic risk in urban areas, especially those from small non-industrial sources.
Conflagration
Definition:
(n.) A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
Example Sentences:
(1) Is it hopelessly old fart-ish to hope exposure that to the horrors described by Buergenthal will remind all of us of the piffling nature of our next household conflagration about who gets to wear which pair of jeans, or whether homework on the weekend really constitutes a hardship – or even, somehow, temper the demand for new electronic equipment?
(2) The bonfire of red tape is a surprisingly modest conflagration, which the (mainly industry-funded) potato people will survive.
(3) The Russian president, Vladimir Putin , is expected to allow the issue on to the agenda for dinner, reflecting the reality that the fate of the world economy is inextricably intertwined with the risk of a Middle East conflagration.
(4) Points of contact invariably produce friction and friction generates heat and may lead to a conflagration,” declared South Africa's minister of the interior, Dr T E Tonges, in 1950, when he introduced the Group Areas Act , the law that enforced the division of cities into ethnically distinct areas.
(5) Flash fire victims are exceptions to the axiom that elevation of blood carboxyhemoglobin is a sine qua non for concluding that a decedent recovered from the scene of a conflagration was alive in the fire.
(6) Unlike others, he turned up to watch the conflagration and decided a life of internal exile was more interesting than flight.
(7) This has always been the Palestinian leadership’s approach and all the conflagrations must be understood in this context.
(8) Kinshasa now resembles a tinderbox, a spark away from conflagration.
(9) Companies and conflict The private sector is far from a silent bystander in these water-related conflagrations.
(10) Durban was Hedegaard's chance to raise a new phoenix from the ashes of the Copenhagen conflagration.
(11) It is possible that today's conflagrations mark the end of von Trier's relationship with a festival that hitherto regarded him with a fond indulgence.
(12) A menu entitled tacos prehispánicos offers a far-reaching conflagration of edible insects, such as sautéed grasshoppers, gusanos de maguey (grubs found in agave plants), and crispy fried black beetles called cocopaches .
(13) Being bracketed with three other countries in southern Europe has helped pull the Spanish into a financial-market conflagration that has lasted the best part of 18 months, and forced the policy-making elite into a series of U-turns and crises.
(14) According to the Independent, the ads were meant to return after the cruise company was satisfied that there would be no further boat-related conflagrations.
(15) Most Australians get some training in basic fire strategy – the now well-known " stay and defend or go early " strategy, which recognises that bushfires move faster than people or cars, but will often leap across the ground, making digging in your best chance of survival – but these are intended for "milder" conflagrations.
(16) Turkey has called on the US, Britain and other leading countries to take immediate action to intervene in Syria to prevent a looming humanitarian "disaster" that it says threatens the lives of millions of internally displaced people and refugees as winter approaches and could soon ignite a region-wide conflagration.
(17) However dishonestly the story of 1939 has been abused to justify new wars against quite different kinds of enemies, the responsibility for the greatest conflagration in human history has always been laid at the door of Hitler and his genocidal Nazi regime.
(18) Knowing the firestarters and the firemen would be essential to landing the big stories on the mother of all financial conflagrations.
(19) Multiple injuries were the most common cause of death although conflagration injuries (e.g., smoke inhalation, burns) were frequent.
(20) The period of intensified metabolic processes, "conflagration of metabolism".