different between knocking vs detonation
knocking
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?k??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k??/
- Rhymes: -?k??
- Hyphenation: knock?ing
Verb
knocking
- present participle of knock
Noun
knocking (plural knockings)
- An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
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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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- what detonation means
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- what causes detonation
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- what does detonation mean
- what causes detonation in an aircraft engine
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