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phlo•gis•ton



Pronunciation: (flō-jis'ton, -tun), [key]
—n.
a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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