Part 2864

<h1>Definitively</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fin"i*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a definitive manner.</def>

<h1>Definitiveness</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fin"i*tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being definitive.</def>

<h1>Definitude</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fin"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Definiteness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Definitude</b> . . . is a knowledge of minute differences. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Defix</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fix"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defixus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>defigere</ets> to fix; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>figere</ets> to fix.]</ety> <def>To fix; to fasten; to establish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To <i>defix</i> their princely seat . . . in that extreme province."

<i>Hakluyt.</i>

<h1>Deflagrability</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def`la*gra*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The state or quality of being deflagrable.</def>

<blockquote>The ready <b>deflagrability</b> . . . of saltpeter. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deflagrable</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fla"gra*ble</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deflagrate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.</def>

<h1>Deflagrate</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def"la*grate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deflagrated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deflagrating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deflagratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deflagrare</ets> to burn up; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>flagrare</ets> to flame, burn.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.</def>

<h1>Deflagrate</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def"la*grate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; <as>as, to <ex>deflagrate</ex> refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame</as>.</def>

<h1>Deflagration</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def`la*gra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deflagratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82flagration</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A burning up; conflagration.</def> "Innumerable deluges and <i>deflagrations</i>."

<i>Bp. Pearson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The act or process of deflagrating.</def>

<h1>Deflagrator</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def"la*gra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.</def>

<h1>Deflate</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flate"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> down + L. <ets>flare</ets>, <ets>flatus</ets> to blow.]</ety> <def>To reduce from an inflated condition.</def>