Alternative form of flash point. [(physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.]
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flashpoint
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I'm thinking that while the region is in a precarious position, this is less likely to be a flashpoint.
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Alternative form of flash point. [(physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.]
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for flashpoint.
noun
Alternative form of flash point. [(physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.]
Example sentences
I'm thinking that while the region is in a precarious position, this is less likely to be a flashpoint.
Syria is a flashpoint in the middle-east bordering Israel, Turkey and Jordan, has strong Russian and Iranian support.
Psh, it's not the police that are the flashpoint IMO it is the marines.
It's crazy to me that buses have become the flashpoint of controversy about silicon valley companies, enough to drive protestors in the street.
I think the public employee benefits/pensions crisis will be a flashpoint for conservative millennials.
Or whatever the flashpoint happens to be at the moment.
We just graduated our third Flashpoint cohort.
+1 if you use Coconut or some other oil with a high flashpoint.
Syria is already is a flashpoint for a Russian backed government battling Western backed rebels, and potentially any other hard-line Islamist state / government / group backed Islamists blending in with the rebels.
Selectively choosing interviewees to meet a predefined viewpoint, skipping over flashpoint words, presenting only one viewpoint without analysis, and then as a buried lead, dismiss potential opposition worries as far below the fold as possible.
(Which may decrease the chance we'd start a war with them, but increases the chance it would hurt us if one happened anyway.) And Taiwan is the most likely flashpoint to start a shooting conflict since after 50+ years they still act like it's just a rebel province (hilarious!).
Quote examples
I've seen something similar on the TV show "Flashpoint", mobile microphones/sensors were used to triangulate the position of a sniper iirc.
Proper noun examples
Operation Flashpoint/Armed Assault (Arma)--A brilliant series of military simulators, a slight rebranding of which (VBS2) is used to train actual soldiers.
I don't know about ArmA, but Operation Flashpoint: Resistance had a decent story.
> Operation Flashpoint/Armed Assault (Arma)--A brilliant series of military simulators, a slight rebranding of which (VBS2) is used to train actual soldiers.
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How do you use flashpoint in a sentence?
I'm thinking that while the region is in a precarious position, this is less likely to be a flashpoint.
What does flashpoint mean?
Alternative form of flash point. [(physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.]
What part of speech is flashpoint?
flashpoint is commonly used as noun.