Kindling
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The term kindling can have several meanings:
- Kindling is material for starting a fire. It is usually small timber (especially slender pieces split from the stumps of rosin-laden softwoods ("fatwood") which are quite flammable) or paper.
- Kindling is also the act of creating a fire by using such materials.To set fire;To catch fire to
- In neuropsychology, kindling can be the process of triggering major epileptic seizures by repeated small electrical or chemical stimulation to the brain. It is most frequently studied in rats.
- Kindling is also an unusual term for giving birth, as to kittens or rabbits. The litter may also be called a kindle. See List of animal names.
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