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Definition of Bursting charge
1. Noun. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time. "This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
Generic synonyms: Explosive
Specialized synonyms: Shot, Undercharge, Rocket Fuel, Rocket Propellant, Rocket Propellent
Derivative terms: Burst, Charge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bursting Charge
Literary usage of Bursting charge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Peace Conference at The Hague: And Its Bearings on International Law and by Frederick William Holls (1900)
"... Chapter m the bursting charge, was meant, the proposition was an agreement
not to make use of any more powerful powders than those employed at present, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"They were spherical common shell with lead bullets mixed with the bursting charge.
Although far superior to common shell in man-killing effect, their action ..."
3. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1870)
"The wire lending to the bursting charge having been attached to the two ends of
the secondary coil, a few plates of a Grove's battery circulated a ..."
4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1891)
"Firing charge, 2 pounds of mortar powder. bursting charge ... 2.—Firing charge,
2 lbs. of mortar powder. bursting charge, 19 oz. of ..."
5. Fundamentals of Military Service by Lincoln Clarke Andrews, Leonard Wood (1916)
"The bursting charge of 2% ounces of black powder is in the base and is covered
by a diaphragm. The diaphragm supports a central tube which extends from the ..."
6. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"The work of the Division consisted in the first instance of determining the proper
bursting charge. While a great deal of this work had been carried out in ..."
7. Gunshot Injuries, Their History, Characteristic Features, Complications, and by Thomas Longmore (1895)
"PROJECTILES OF RIFLED GUNS in which the bursting charge is disposed along the
... Inside the shell is a number of bullets, and the bursting charge of powder ..."
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