Associations to the word «Flashover»

Wiktionary

FLASHOVER, noun. The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
FLASHOVER, noun. An unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator

Dictionary definition

FLASHOVER, noun. An unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne