fire triangle
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editfire triangle (plural fire triangles)
- The three elements necessary and sufficient to sustain a fire: fuel (e.g. wood or petrol/gasoline), oxidizer (e.g. oxygen), and sufficient heat (e.g. reaction temperature or activation energy).
- The diagram representing these three elements of a fire.
- A fire and its three components. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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