Usually means: Obsolete theory explaining combustion process.
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  1. phlogiston: Merriam-Webster
  2. phlogiston: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phlogiston: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phlogiston: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phlogiston: Vocabulary.com
  6. Phlogiston, phlogiston: Wordnik
  7. phlogiston: Wiktionary
  8. phlogiston: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. phlogiston: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. phlogiston: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. phlogiston: Dictionary.com
  12. phlogiston: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Phlogiston: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Phlogiston: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. phlogiston: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. phlogiston: Rhymezone
  17. Phlogiston: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. phlogiston: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Phlogiston: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. phlogiston: FreeDictionary.org
  21. phlogiston: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. phlogiston: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. phlogiston: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phlogiston: Encyclopedia

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  1. phlogiston: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from 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.

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