Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A release of mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy in a sudden and often violent manner with the generation of high temperature and usually with the release of gases.
- noun A violent bursting as a result of internal pressure.
- noun The loud, sharp sound made as a result of either of these actions.
- noun A sudden, often vehement outburst.
- noun A sudden, great increase.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of exploding; a sudden expansion of a substance, as gunpowder or an elastic fluid, with force and, usually, a loud report; a sudden and loud discharge: as, the explosion of powder; an explosion of fire-damp.
- noun A sudden bursting, or breaking up or in pieces, from an internal or other force; a blowing up or tearing apart: as, the explosion of a steam-boiler.
- noun A bursting into sudden activity; a violent outburst, as of natural forces or of human emotion, expression, or action.
- noun The discharge of a nerve-cell; the emission of nervous energy from a cell or from a group of cells.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas
- noun A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure
- noun A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc..
- noun a sudden and substantial increase; a rapid acceleration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
violent release ofenergy (sometimesmechanical ,nuclear , orchemical .) - noun A
bursting due topressure . - noun The
sound of an explosion. - noun A sudden uncontrolled
increase . - noun A sudden
outburst .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
- noun the act of exploding or bursting
- noun a sudden great increase
- noun a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- noun a sudden outburst
- noun a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
- noun the noise caused by an explosion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The radius, _p b_, of the upper circle is termed the _crater radius_; the line _o p_, drawn from the centre of the charge perpendicular to the surface where the explosion takes place, is termed the _line of least resistance_; the line _o b_, drawn from the centre of the powder to any point in the circumference of the upper circle, is termed the _radius of explosion_.
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The term explosion in its original introduction denoted the making of a _noise_; it grew to comprehend the idea of _force_ accompanied with violent outburst; it is advancing to a stage in which it implies _combustion_ as associated with destruction, yet somewhat distinct from the abstract idea of the resolution of any form of matter into its elementary constituents.
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Cochrane had prepared two or three vessels as what he called explosion-ships.
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"I'll use the word 'explosion' loosely," Singer said.
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And why the launch coincides with what she calls the explosion of medieval thinking.
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Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, is pushing reforms to company laws to curb what he called the "explosion" in salaries and bonuses for the leaders of public companies.
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Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, is pushing reforms to company laws to curb what he called the "explosion" in salaries and bonuses for the leaders of public companies.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, is pushing reforms to company laws to curb what he called the "explosion" in salaries and bonuses for the leaders of public companies.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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So what you point to as an "explosion", is just a continuation of a long process of evolutionary adaptation.
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It is the biggest single public-works project launched in response to the spill of about four millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion from a BP-owned well in April.
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