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implosive, a. and n.|ɪmˈpləʊsɪv|
[f. as prec. after explosive.]
1. Phonetics.
a. adj. Formed by implosion.
b. n. A sound formed by implosion.
1877Sweet Handbk. Phonetics §224 Implosive Stops. 1880Sayce Introd. Sc. Lang. iv. 285 Of the same nature as the clicks are the implosives peculiar to Saxon German, where no distinction is made between d and t, or b and p. 1890Sweet Primer Phonetics §90 Some sounds are produced without either out- or in-breathing, but solely with the air in the throat or mouth. The ‘implosives’ are formed in the former, the suction-stops or ‘clicks’ in the latter way.
2. fig. (Cf. implosion 3.)
1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media ii. xi. 111 The implosive (compressional) character of the electric technology. Ibid. xix. 185 The implosive speed of the airplane. 1967Listener 8 June 744/1 Television has an implosive effect on a culture.
Hence imˈplosively adv.; imˈplosiveness.
1877Sweet Handbk. Phonetics §224 In Saxon German there is no distinction between t and d, etc., both being half-voiced, with the stop formed implosively. 1953C. E. Bazell Ling. Form 42 If all initial occlusives are explosive and all final occlusives are implosive, it is obvious that two distinct conventions (explosiveness of initials and implosiveness of finals) need not be postulated. |