Detonating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detonating \Det"o*na`ting\, a. & n.
     from {Detonate}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with
        one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report


        upon ignition.
  
     {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid substance, as
        fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with
        violence and a loud report.
  
     {Detonating primer}, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to
        explode gun cotton in blasting operations.
  
     {Detonating tube}, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated,
        closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing
        through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting,
        for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an
        electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down;
     de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder},
     and cf. {Detonize}.]
     To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with
     sulphur.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  detonating
       adj : (of munitions) going off; "bursting bombs"; "an exploding
             nuclear device"; "a spectacular display of detonating
             anti-tank mines" [syn: {bursting}, {exploding}]