A-bomb

A-bomb

(ā′bŏm′)n. See atomic bomb.

A-bomb

n (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) short for atomic bomb

atom′ic bomb′

n. 1. a bomb whose potency is derived from nuclear fission of atoms of fissionable material with the consequent conversion of part of their mass into energy. 2. a bomb whose explosive force comes from a chain reaction based on nuclear fission in U-235 or plutonium. Also called A-bomb, atom bomb. [1910–15]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

A-bomb - a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bombbomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditionsclean bomb - an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contaminationdirty bomb - an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contaminationneutron bomb - atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blastatomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reactionplutonium pit, plutonium trigger - a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives

Translations

A-bomb

(ˈeibom) noun an atomic bomb. 原子彈 原子弹