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microdetonator

noun

Etymology

From micro- + detonator.

  1. derived from *(s)tenh₂-✻
  2. derived from dētonātus
  3. borrowed from détoner
  4. suffixed as detonator — “detonate + or”
  5. prefixed as microdetonator — “micro + detonator”

Definitions

  1. A very small detonator.

    • The microdetonators, manufactured commercially, utilize a material that includes lead styphnate. This detonator is readily ignited by laser energy but is relatively insensitive to other stimuli.
    • As soon as they were down, Landor hit the microdetonators he had installed in the few seconds he'd had. There was a tiny crack, and the wall of the water storage area crumbled into a side corridor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microdetonator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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