Associations to the word «Phlogiston»
Noun
- Chemist
- Antoine
- Cavendish
- Respiration
- Alchemy
- Oxygen
- Georg
- Chemistry
- Ernst
- Substance
- Theory
- Laurent
- Nomenclature
- Decomposition
- Sulphur
- Joachim
- Metal
- Johann
- Mikhail
- Overthrow
- Belgrade
- Oxide
- Burning
- Mercury
- Freezing
- Fluid
- Enlightenment
- Nitrogen
- Experiment
- Hydrogen
- Hermann
- Wilhelm
- Doctrine
- Dioxide
- Affinity
- Computing
- Serbia
- François
- Acid
- Newton
- Heat
- Principle
- Inventor
- Claude
- Electricity
- Psychology
- Transaction
- Sphere
- Burn
- Phenomenon
- Discovery
- Sur
- Pierre
- Friedrich
- Revolution
- Conservation
- Element
- Joseph
- Carl
- Combination
- Reflection
- Gas
- Essay
- Scientist
- Weight
- Compound
- Explanation
- Birmingham
- Consideration
- Existence
- Gain
- Observation
- Philosophy
- Mass
Adjective
Wiktionary
PHLOGISTON, noun. (chemistry) (historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
PHLOGISTON THEORY, noun. (chemistry) an obsolete scientific theory of combustion
Dictionary definition
PHLOGISTON, noun. A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.