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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

inflamabilidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ĩ.flɐ.mɐ.bi.liˈda.dʒi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ignitability/ɪɡˌnaɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A inflamabilidade do tecido foi reduzida com um tratamento químico."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The capacity or measure of a substance or material to catch fire and burn easily.

    "The strict safety regulations are designed to minimize the high ignitability of the chemical waste."
  2. 2

    The degree to which a material can be easily set on fire under specific environmental conditions.

    "Researchers tested the ignitability of various fabrics used in children's sleepwear."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English verb 'ignite', originating from Latin 'ignire' (to set on fire), from 'ignis' (fire). The suffix '-ability' was later added to form a noun denoting the quality or capacity of being ignited, widely adopted in technical, scientific, and safety engineering contexts during the 19th century.

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