proximity fuze


proximity fuze

n. An electronic device for detonating a warhead as it approaches a target, used in antiaircraft shells. Also called VT fuze.

proxim′ity fuze`


n. a device for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target. [1940–45]

proximity fuze

A fuze wherein primary initiation occurs by remotely sensing the presence, distance, and/or direction of a target or its associated environment by means of a signal generated by the fuze or emitted by the target, or by detecting a disturbance of a natural field surrounding the target.