different between detonator vs initiator

English

Etymology

detonate +? -or

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?t.?.ne?.t?(?)/, /?d?tn?e?.t?(?)/

Noun

detonator (plural detonators)

1. A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
2. (rail transport, Britain) a small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
3. (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
4. (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap.

Synonyms

• (rail transport): torpedo (US)

Related terms

• detonate
• detonation

Translations

See also

• (device for detonating explosives): blasting cap

Anagrams

• denotator, rattooned, tetraodon

Danish

Noun

detonator c (singular definite detonatoren, plural indefinite detonatorer)

1. A detonator

Declension

Further reading

• “detonator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English detonator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.to??na?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: de?to?na?tor
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

detonator m (plural detonators, diminutive detonatortje n)

1. detonator.

Related terms

• detoneren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: detonator

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch detonator, from English detonator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d?et?o?nat??r]
• Hyphenation: dé?to?na?tor

Noun

detonator, détonator (plural detonator-detonator, first-person possessive detonatorku, second-person possessive detonatormu, third-person possessive detonatornya)

1. detonator: a device used to detonate an explosive device etc.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “detonator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

d?ton?tor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of d?ton?

Romanian

Etymology

From French détonateur.

Noun

detonator n (plural detonatoare)

1. detonator

Declension

English

Etymology

initiate +? -or

Noun

initiator (plural initiators)

1. One who initiates.
2. (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
3. (military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to trigger a fission chain reaction.
4. (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
5. (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.

Translations

Latin

Verb

initi?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of initi?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of initi?

References

• initiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• initiator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• initiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette