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Definition of Fulminating
1. a. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.
Definition of Fulminating
1. Verb. (present participle of fulminate) ¹
2. Adjective. explosive ¹
3. Adjective. (medicine) Describing any sudden and severe (often fatal) inflammation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fulminating
1. fulminate [v] - See also: fulminate
Medical Definition of Fulminating
1.
1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.
2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures. Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulminating
Literary usage of Fulminating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1824)
"fulminating Powders employed as Priming for Fowling Pieces. The fulminating
substances which have hitherto been employed for this purpose are four in number ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"1 pt. of fulminating mercury is placed under water in contact with 2 ]>ts. of
... Liebig showed that when zinc is boiled with fulminating mercury and water, ..."
3. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1797)
"Twelve grains of this fulminating gold being placed in a conical heap on a thin
plate ... or of the metallic plate on which the fulminating body is heated. ..."
4. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1837)
"An account of a new fulminating Siloer, and its application as a Test for Chlorine,
Sfc. By EDMUND DAVY, FRS, MKIA, Ac., Professor of Chemistry to the Royal ..."
5. The American Journal of Science, & C (1818)
"Cautions regarding fulminating Powders. fulminating Mercury. .LOURING a late
lecture in the laboratory of Yale College, a quantity of fulminating mercury, ..."
6. The American Mineralogical Journal: Being a Collection of Facts and by Archibald Bruce (1814)
"Particulars relative to a late accidental explosion of fulminating Silver, in
the Chemical Laboratory at Tale College. Communicated by Mr. GRISCOM. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"The mother-liquor of fulminating silver is green if the silver contains copper,
... The preparation of fulminating silver requires the greatest caution. ..."
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