Flashpoint meaning

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A critical moment, place, or event at which someone or something bursts forth into activity or existence.
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(figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest.
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The lowest temperature at which a volatile solid or the vapor of a liquid will flash when exposed to a brief flame under certain conditions.
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The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.
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Flashpoint Sentence Examples

  • In France, the standard is 35° C. (Granier tester, equivalent to 98° F.), and according to their flashpoint, liquid hydrocarbons are divided into two classes (below and above 35° C.), considered differently in regard to quantities storable and other regulations.

  • In France, the standard is 35° C. (Granier tester, equivalent to 98° F.), and according to their flashpoint, liquid hydrocarbons are divided into two classes (below and above 35° C.), considered differently in regard to quantities storable and other regulations.

  • Penreco, the company with the patent on gel wax, uses mineral oil with a very narrow flashpoint variability that is not possible to duplicate on your own.

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