单词 | high explosive |
释义 | > as lemmashigh explosive high explosive n. an explosive substance, such as dynamite, TNT, etc., which explodes more rapidly and powerfully than gunpowder; (as a mass noun) such material; (attributive) designating an explosive device armed with such a substance.In technical contexts sometimes: spec. a substance in which explosion proceeds faster than the speed of sound.In quot. 1846 probably showing explosive adj. modified by high as an adverb (cf. high adv. Compounds 3) rather than an attributive use of this compound. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun] > types of high explosive1876 panclastic1883 1846 Morning Post 17 Oct. 7/1 The gas being mixed with the atmospheric air in the blast pipe, would form a high explosive mixture.] 1876 Sun (N.Y.) 11 May All of the high explosives contain nitro-glycerine. 1892 C. N. Hake & W. Macnab tr. M. Berthelot Explosives & their Power 2 Generally speaking, we mean by ‘high’ explosives, those in which the chemical transformation is very rapid, and which exert a crushing or shattering effect. 1915 Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1914 261 The high-explosive shell [sic] carry from about 3 per cent to about 30 per cent of their weight in high explosive. 1941 Ann. Reg. 1940 95 The bulk of the damage had been caused not by high explosive but by incendiary bombs. 2011 P. M. Maniscalco & H. T. Christen Homeland Security xi. 164/1 Dynamite is a high explosive that generates a shock wave of 14,000 to 16,000 fps. < as lemmas |
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