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detonation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | burst, explosion |
| Has types | percussion |
| Derivation | detonate |
Examples of detonation
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It's all about rocketing on to the next mushroom cloud or industrial detonation.
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The power unit NASA is pinning its hopes on is called a pulse-detonation engine.
From the newscientist.com
The Trinity detonation produced the explosive power of about 20 kilotons of TNT.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Without detonation, nuclear weapons are already damaging us as a global society.
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They contain a large number of bullets released at high velocities on detonation.
From the newscientist.com
Missouri's lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order to block the detonation.
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The Navy suspended time-delay undersea detonation training in the San Diego area.
From the thenewstribune.com
The later detonation will remove the span that crosses a back channel, he said.
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However, unlike location and yield, its weight before detonation is unverifiable.
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- Explosion: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- The act of detonating an explosive
- (detonate) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
- Detonation involves an supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it. They are observed in both conventional solid and liquid explosives, as well as in reactive gases. ...
- Detonation is a Dutch melodic death metal band, with members from the Netherlands and the United States. In recent years the band has gravitated towards a melodic death metal sound.
- An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances as, the detonation of gun cotton. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression; Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines
- (detonate) : To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression; : To cause an explosion
- (DETONATE) To explode with great violence. It is generally associated with high explosives e.g. TNT, dynamite, etc., and not with the relatively slow-burning smokeless gunpowders that are classed as propellants.
- A violent explosion involving high-velocity pressure waves; in a gasoline engine, the spontaneous combustion of part of the compresses charge after spark occurs. Detonation usually produces a characteristic metallic sound, or knock.
