Lexic.us

Definition of Explosive charge

1. Noun. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time. "This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Explosive Charge

Literary usage of Explosive charge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1894)
"... and unsheathed, the torpedo is guided to strike her well forward, the explosive charge being liberated by the harpoon head forcing back the tripping rod ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"11) it is an ordinary ( shrapnel with base burster, but near the head is a second magazine filled with a high-explosive charge; this is attached to the end ..."

3. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"... All Marines sight-in on the mouth of a cave into which an explosive charge had been thrown, and wait to see if any ene- ..."

4. The Horseless AgeAu (1900)
"That we may be concise In designating motions we will suppose the engines to be vertical, the piston Is taking In an explosive charge on the down stroke of ..."

5. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1898)
"The question is, then, how great is the gain from using a high-explosive charge for shell instead of an ordinary powder charge, and it is on this point that ..."

6. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1916)
"... of howitzer and carriage, 3000 Ibs.; same with limber, 4675 Ibs.; weight of projectile, 3&% Ibs.; weight of explosive charge in shell ..."

7. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Running through the explosive charge electric wire called the firing circuit. To lete the circuit the mine must be tipped to an angle of seventy degrees. ..."

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