detonator
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈdɛt.ə.neɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛtn̩eɪ.tə(ɹ)/
detonator (plural detonators)
- A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
- (rail transport, UK) a small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
- (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
- (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap.
- (rail transport) torpedo (US)
- French: détonateur, capsule fulminante
- German: Zünder
- Italian: detonatore
- Portuguese: detonador
- Russian: детона́тор
- Russian: железнодорожный
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