Definition of "phlogistic" [phlo•gis•tic]

• Of or relating to phlogiston. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or inducing inflammation or fever; inflammatory. (adjective)

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• "If the fire particles are separated, as by a prism, or if they enter the pores of certain phlogistic principles or particles of bodies, then color appears."
• "Principle, which he named _Phlogiston_, and constructed an hypothesis which is generally known as the phlogistic theory."
• "'phlogistic' -- had not even the honour of being refuted: they did not deserve to be so, and should be a warning to all those who would write upon a subject without the necessary practical knowledge."