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Definition: Blasting Cap |
Blasting CapNoun1. A small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | A small metal tube loaded with a charge of sensitive explosive. The cap is detonated by a safety fuse, one end of which is firmly crimped into the tube. Blasting caps are used sometimes of detonate dynamite. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A detonator containing an ignition explosive mixture, a primary initiating charge, and a high-explosive base charge, encapsulated in an aluminum or copper shell. Caps are initiated either electrically or nonelectrically. See also:waterproof electric blasting cap b. A small sensitive charge placed in the larger explosive charge by which the larger charge is detonated. See also:electric detonat. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Blasting Cap |
| Specialty definitions using "blasting cap": BLASTER HELPER, blasting agent, breaking lag ♦ capped fuse, cutoff hole ♦ delay electric blasting cap ♦ electric blasting cap ♦ indirect priming ♦ lead wires ♦ mudcapping ♦ nonelectric blasting, nonelectric delay blasting cap ♦ Pelletol, powder carrier ♦ shooter's helper, short-period delay, shot firer, shot lighter, shot-firing blasting cord ♦ TIER-AND-DETONATOR ♦ waterproof electric blasting cap. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blasting cap | 38 |
blasting cap make | 3 |
blasting cap electric | 2 |
blasting cap cord make | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "blasting cap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spraengkapsel, sprængkapsel (cap, detonator, fuse cap, igniter, percussion cap, primer), detonator (booster, cap, detonator, fuse, fuse cap, igniter, percussion cap, primer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | slagpijpje (detonator), ontsteker (detonator, igniter, initiator, sismograph electric blasting cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nalli (detonator, fuse cap, percussion cap, primer, primer cartridge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | détonateur, amorce fulminante, amorce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zuendkapsel (detonator, fuse cap, squib), Sprengkapsel (detonator, fuse cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυροκροτητής μετά θρυαλλίδος (detonator, fuse cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astingblay apcay detonador de mecha (detonator, fuse cap). (various references) fulminante (acute, detonator, fulminant, fulminating, fuse cap, primer), detonador de mecha (detonator, fuse cap), detonador (detonating agent, detonator, fuse), cebo (bait, detonator, detonator charge, food, lure, primer, priming, squib). (various references) sprängkapsel (detonator, fuse cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-g-i-l-n-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: antalgics, bangtails, placating. | |
-3 letters: ablating, antalgic, aplastic, bangtail, basaltic, blasting, cabalist, capitals, captains, castling, catlings, clasping, paganist, platinas, platings, santalic, scalping, stabling, stapling. | |
-4 letters: abasing, abating, ablings, abstain, actinal, actings, against, agnails, agnatic, antisag, apicals, basinal, basting, bisnaga, cabling, capital, caplins, capstan, captain, captans, casting, catling, catlins, catnaps, catnips, inclasp, lacings, lapsing, lasting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 73 74 69 6E 67 43 61 70 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a s t i n g   C a p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 0073 0074 0069 006E 0067 0043 0061 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36786785867580732376782 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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