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detonation
English
Etymology
From French détonation; equivalent to detonate +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?t??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
detonation (countable and uncountable, plural detonations)
- An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
- Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines
Antonyms
- (with respect to speed of propagation): deflagration
Hypernyms
- combustion
- decomposition
Derived terms
- carbon detonation
- pulse detonation engine
- rotating detonation engine
Related terms
- detonate
- detonator
Translations
Anagrams
- denotation, taeniodont
Danish
Noun
detonation c (singular definite detonationen, plural indefinite detonationer)
- detonation
Declension
Further reading
- “detonation” in Den Danske Ordbog
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shattering
English
Verb
shattering
- present participle of shatter
Noun
shattering (plural shatterings)
- The act of something that shatters; the shattered material
- 1997, J. Wright, Realism and Explanatory Priority (page 226)
- It seems reasonable to conjecture that there is some property that is responsible for all the shatterings, because the operations that have produced the shatterings have all been similar (droppings of glass) […]
- 1997, J. Wright, Realism and Explanatory Priority (page 226)
Anagrams
- astringeth, straighten
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