detonation
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɛtəˈneɪʃən/
detonation
- An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
- the detonation of gun cotton
- Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines
- (with respect to speed of propagation): deflagration
- French: détonation
- German: Detonation
- Portuguese: detonação
- Russian: детона́ция
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