inflammability

7.3

Easily catches fire and burns quickly

noun
/ɪnˌflæməˈbɪləti/

Specialized

: inflammabilidad

Due to its high inflammability, the chemical must be stored away from heat sources.

Examples

The inflammability of the materials used in construction can pose a serious safety risk.
In the lab, we learned about the inflammability of different substances and how to handle them safely.
Nay, it is said, his hard heart was not without inflammability; it was sensible to those Andalusian eyes still bright in the tenth or twelfth generation.

Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

flammability

vsinflammability

Specialized

1 6.1

How easily something catches fire and burns quickly

is the same in meaning but is an alternate written form

ignitability

vsinflammability

Specialized

8.1

How easily a material catches fire, for example wood or fabric

also stresses how fast fire spreads after it starts

burnability

vsinflammability

Specialized

8.9

How easily something can catch fire

focuses on easy catching and fast fire spread rather than mere ability

Antonyms

nonflammable

1 4.1

Does not catch fire or burn easily

How Flammable

inflammability

Specialized

7.3

combustibility

Specialized

1 7.1

fire-resistive

Specialized

5.6

Surface Forms

inflammability singular

inflammabilities plural

Morphology

inflammability = inflammable (semi-transparent) = in + flamm + able + ity

Formed by productive nounation (-ity) from the adjective 'inflammable', a standard morphological process.

Etymology

Inflammability comes from an old Latin word inflammare, made of in- 'into' and flamma 'flame'. So inflammability means 'able to be set on fire', just like flammable, and that is why it describes how easily something will burn.