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▪ I. exploding, vbl. n.|ɛkˈspləʊdɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb explode in various senses.
1665Glanvill Sceps. Sci. Addr. 13 The confident exploding of all immaterial Substances. Ibid. 71 Our Author's Metaphysical argument against a Vacuum (the exploding of which he thinks so necessary).
b. attrib.
1822J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 15 These instruments are called exploding tubes. 1881Greener Gun 336 The tumbler strikes an exploding-pin screwed into the false breech.
▪ II. exˈploding, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That explodes. †a. That drives away with scorn. b. That causes a loud and sudden noise. c. That flies into pieces with loud report. exploding wire, a wire subjected to a sudden and very high current so that it explodes violently; also attrib.
1667Milton P.L. x. 546 Thus with th'applause they meant, Turnd to exploding hiss. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxvii. (1856) 337 The howling, the clattering, the exploding din. 1883Academy 23 June 444/1 That tree..has the air of an exploding shell. 1920Astrophysical Jrnl. LI. 40 The larger part of the energy of the condenser is expended in the exploding wire. 1961Aeroplane 3 Feb. 110/2 U.S. Air Force is investigating the use of ‘exploding wires’ made of magnetic materials which can be accelerated and controlled by magnetic fields for the electrical propulsion of space vehicles. 1963New Scientist 16 May 386/1 The term ‘exploding wire’ has..been applied to almost any situation where a conductor..disintegrated with a loud report. Ibid. 386/2 The objective in an exploding wire experiment is to bring a large amount of energy into the wire very quickly. |