| 单词 |
comburent |
| 释义 |
comˈburent, a. and n. rare. [ad. L. combūr-ent-em, pr. pple. of combūrĕre to consume; cf. F. comburant, principe comburant, as applied by Lavoisier.] Burning (obs.): causing combustion: applied by Lavoisier, and others after him, to that element, esp. oxygen, which, in chemical combination, was supposed to cause the combustion of another body; hence the classification of comburents and combustibles. See combustion 2.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 50/1 Inscende them at a burninge and comburent candle. 1845Grove Contrib. Sc. in Corr. Phys. Forces 289. 1890 tr. Jules Verne's Barbicane & Co. xi, Formed by combination..of the principal comburents and combustibles. |

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