Definition of Explosive unit

1. Noun. Any unit for measuring the force of explosions.

Generic synonyms: Unit, Unit Of Measurement
Specialized synonyms: Kiloton, Megaton

Lexicographical Neighbors of Explosive Unit

explosimeter
explosimeters
explosion
explosion-proof
explosionlike
explosions
explosive
explosive charge
explosive compound
explosive decompression
explosive detection system
explosive device
explosive mixture
explosive speech
explosive trace detection
explosive unit (current term)
explosively
explosiveness
explosivenesses
explosives
explosivity
expo
expoliation
expoliations
expolish
exponent
exponential
exponential curve
exponential decay
exponential distribution

Literary usage of Explosive unit

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

1. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"... January 2001 an official with the Technical explosive unit of the National Police told Landmine Monitor that there were no reports of Panama being used ..."

2. Index of Mining Engineering Literature: Comprising an Index of Mining by Walter Richard Crane (1909)
"I. Quantity of explosive unit should be Used AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVE. M. & M., vol. 27, p. 514. Note. DEPTH OF HOLES AND QUANTITY OF POWDER USED IN THE "GLORY- ..."

3. The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation Into Laboratory Practices and Alleged by Michael R. Bromwich (1998)
"... as well as it was peer reviewed by SSA James Kearney, Section Chief, Scientific Analysis Section and SSA JC Ronay, Unit Chief, explosive unit and was ..."

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