explosibility
(ɛkspləʊzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ)
[f. explosible: see -ity.]
Liability to explode.
| 1879 Mind IV. 335 All the other peculiarities both of choke-damp and of suffocation, such as convulsions and agony on the one hand, density and explosibility on the other. 1909 C. A. Keane Mod. Org. Chem. 315 This condition of strain in acetylene and its derivatives is a factor of importance in regard to their explosibility. 1922 Daily News 28 Jan. 5/6 The range of explosibility of water-gas-air mixtures is considerably wider than that of coal-gas-air mixtures. |