implosiveadj.n.
/ɪmˈpləʊsɪv/, /ɪmˈpləʊzɪv/, U.S. /ᵻmˈploʊzɪv/ A. adj.
1. Phonetics. Formed by implosion.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > stop > plosive
explosive1765
implosive1877
plosive1902
plosional1961
1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics §224 Implosive Stops.
2. figurative. (Cf. implosion n. 3.)
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > imploding or imploded
imploding1963
imploded1964
implosive1964
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media ii. xi. 111 The implosive (compressional) character of the electric technology.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media ii. xix. 185 The implosive speed of the airplane.
1967 Listener 8 June 744/1 Television has an implosive effect on a culture.
B. n. Phonetics.
A sound formed by implosion.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > stop > plosive
explosive1773
explodent1848
implosive1880
plosive1897
1880 A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. iv. 285 Of the same nature as the clicks are the implosives peculiar to Saxon German, where no distinction is made between d and t, or b and p.
1890 H. Sweet Primer of Phonetics §90 Some sounds are produced without either out- or in-breathing, but solely with the air in the throat or mouth. The ‘implosives’ are formed in the former, the suction-stops or ‘clicks’ in the latter way.
Derivatives
imˈplosively adv.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adverb] > plosive
implosively1877
1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics §224 In Saxon German there is no distinction between t and d, etc., both being half-voiced, with the stop formed implosively.
imˈplosiveness n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > stop > plosive > quality
implosiveness1953
1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form 42 If all initial occlusives are explosive and all final occlusives are implosive, it is obvious that two distinct conventions (explosiveness of initials and implosiveness of finals) need not be postulated.
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adj.n.1877