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flashpoint
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flashpoint has 2 senses
- flashpoint(n = noun.state) flash point - point at which something is ready to blow up; Array is a kind of criticality
- flashpoint(n = noun.attribute) flash point - the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air; Array is a kind of temperature
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flashpoint, n.
1 the temperature at which vapour from oil etc. will ignite in air.
2 the point at which anger, indignation, etc. becomes uncontrollable.
1 the temperature at which vapour from oil etc. will ignite in air.
2 the point at which anger, indignation, etc. becomes uncontrollable.
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