Flame

Flame

A flame (from Latin flamma) is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic reaction taking place in a thin zone. Some flames, such as the flame of a burning candle, are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components and can be considered plasma. There is, however, disagreement on this subject.

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Famous quotes containing the word flame:

    “If you would conquer Love, he must be fought
    At his first onslaught; sprinkle but a drop
    Of water, the new-kindled flame expires.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “The divinity in man is the true vestal fire of the temple which is never permitted to go out, but burns as steadily and with as pure a flame on the obscure provincial altar as in Numa’s temple at Rome.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)