Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detonation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detonation \Det`o*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]tonation.]
An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous
decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the
detonation of gun cotton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detonation
n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear
reaction [syn: {explosion}]
2: the act of detonating an explosion
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