detonative

Thân thiện

A scientist carefully handles a detonative chemical sample in the lab.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Exploding almost instantaneously: Describes something that causes or is capable of causing a very rapid, sudden explosion. It emphasizes the immediate and violent release of energy characteristic of a detonation, as opposed to a slower burn or deflagration.

Usage

• The word "detonative" is a technical adjective, primarily used in scientific, engineering, and military contexts to describe materials, mechanisms, or events that function through or result in a detonation.
• It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "is" or "was").

Examples

• Attributive use (before a noun):
  • The device contained a highly detonative compound.
  • They studied the detonative properties of the new explosive.
• Predicative use (after a linking verb):
  • The mixture was found to be detonative under high pressure.
  • The reaction became detonative when confined.

Advanced Usage

• "Detonative shock wave": The powerful pressure wave produced by a detonation.
  • The detonative shock wave shattered windows over a mile away.
• "Detonative impulse": The initiating signal or force that triggers a detonation.
  • The system requires a precise detonative impulse to function correctly.

Variants and Related Words

• Detonate (verb): To explode with sudden violence.
  • The bomb failed to detonate.
• Detonation (noun): The action of causing a bomb or explosive device to explode; a rapid and violent explosion.
  • The detonation was heard across the city.
• Detonator (noun): A device used to trigger a detonation.
  • The engineer carefully handled the detonator.

Synonyms

• Explosive: Likely to cause an explosion; able to explode.
• Fulminant: (Medical/Technical) Occurring suddenly and with great intensity; in chemistry, exploding suddenly.

Antonyms

• Inert: Lacking the ability or strength to move or react, especially chemically.
• Non-explosive: Not capable of causing an explosion.
• Deflagrative: Relating to a rapid combustion that propagates through a material at subsonic speeds, slower than a detonation.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. exploding almost instantaneously