spontaneous combustion

English

Noun

spontaneous combustion (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneous combustions)

Combustion without an external source of heat.

Derived terms

spontaneous human combustion

Translations

combustion without a source of heat

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自燃 (zh) (zìrán)
Finnish: itsesyttyminen
Greek: αυτανάφλεξη (el) f (aftanáflexi)
Polish: samozapłon m

Portuguese: combustão espontânea f
Romanian: combustie spontană f
Swedish: självantändning c
Tagalog: kusang-liyab

See also

burst into flames

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