单词 | detonator |
释义 | detonatorn. Something that detonates; a contrivance for producing detonation, as a percussion-cap; a railway fog-signal. † spec. A detonating gun (obsolete): see detonating adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with other materials > [noun] > with explosives > others portfire1629 port-feu1802 exploder1820 detonator1822 safety fuse1832 shooting-tool1855 magneto-exploder1869 shot-firer1883 initiator1915 booster1917 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > by method of firing hammer-gun1645 percussion1807 detonating gun1814 detonator1822 flintlock1833 flint-gun1837 needle-gun1850 pin-fire1867 rimfire1889 miquelet1926 1822 Sporting Mag. 9 156 Somewhat of a contrast this, to our expensive detonators. 1825 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 283 An old flint gun which put me out, after the detonators. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 104 Bringing his own double-barrel detonator, with a good supply of caps and cut wadding. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. x. 319 By the ignition of a fuse associated with a detonator, the gun-cotton should be fired. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Jan. 6/1 When the signal is placed on the railway plate the ends of the band are drawn out and bent under the surface of the rail, upon which the detonator (as the fog signal is also called) then rests securely. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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