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Definition of Detonating

1. a. & n. from Detonate.

Definition of Detonating

1. Verb. (present participle of detonate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Detonating

1. detonate [v] - See also: detonate

Medical Definition of Detonating

1. From Detonate. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detonating

Literary usage of Detonating

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

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"A New Safety Detonating Fuse BY HARRISON SODDER, CORNWALL, PA. ... Before the introduction of the detonating fuse it was found that to insure the best ..."

2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1824)
"Detonating Silver and Mercury. Dr. Liebig has analyzed both these compounds, prepared by the well-known process of causing alcohol to act upon the nitrates ..."

3. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1868)
"Periodicity of Detonating Meteors.—An unusual number of detonating ... Moreover, several detonating meteors have been recorded January 2d and April 20th. ..."

4. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1872)
"Periodicity of Detonating Meteors.—An unusual number of detonating ... Moreover, several detonating meteors have been recorded January 2d and April 20th. ..."

5. Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker, William Trotter Porter (1846)
"Always clean those parts of the barrels and locks that the detonating powder ... NB Detonating locks should not be snapt, either with or without the copper ..."

6. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1844)
"Always clean those parts of the barrels and locks that the detonating powder ... NB Detonating locks should not be snapt, either with or without the copper ..."

7. Memoirs of the Miami Valley by John Calvin Hover (1919)
"On May 8, 1916, the United States Navy department contracted for 22000 3 GT Russian detonating fuses. All these contracts were completed by March, 1917. ..."

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