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Definition: Detonation |
DetonationNoun1. A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction. 2. The act of detonating an explosion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "detonation" was first used: 1677. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A rapid chemical reaction which propagates at a supersonic velocity. (references) |
Chemical Industry | A combined shock wave and flame front(reaction zone)travelling at supersonic speed through a combustible mixture. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A periodic percussive sound cause by excessive play in mechanical parts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An explosive decomposition or explosive combustion reaction that moves through the reactant(s) at greater than the speed of sound in the reactant(s) to produce (1) shock waves and (2) significant overpressure, regardless of confinement. b. An extremely rapid explosion; the firing of an explosive charge by fuse or electric detonator c. The action of converting the chemicals in an explosive charge to gases at a high pressure, by means of a self-propagating shock wave passingthrough the charge. (references) |
Public Administration | Explosion with loud report, caused by very rapid chemical reaction at a velocity greater than that of the speed of sound. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A detonation is a rapid explosion that generates supersonic pressure waves (shock waves) in the surrounding medium. Detonations are produced by high explosives, nuclear weapons, etc. This is in contrast to deflagration, where the pressure waves are subsonic.Detonations are hard to control and are used primarily for demolition and in warfare. An experimental form of jet propulsion, the pulse detonation engine, uses detonation to generate thrust.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Detonation."
Synonym: DetonationSynonym: explosion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Violence | Outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent. |
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 | A Japanese bomb exploding on the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6), just aft of the island, on 24 August 1942. Note: According to the original photo caption, this explosion killed the photographer, Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read. However, Morison's "History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II" (volume 5, page 97) states that Read was killed by the bomb that had earlier hit the after starboard 5"/38 gun gallery, which can be seen burning in the upper left. Morison further states that the bomb seen here exploded with a low order detonation, inflicting only minor damage. Credit: NAVY. |  | A heavy explosion on board USS Lexington (CV-2) blows an aircraft over her side, 8 May 1942. This is probably the "great explosion" from the detonation of torpedo warheads stowed in the starboard side of the hangar, aft, that took place just after the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Frederick C. Sherman, left Lexington. At left is the bow of USS Hammann (DD-412), which was backing away with a load of the carrier's survivors on board. This view appears to be cropped from Photo # 80-G-7413. Credit: NAVY. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The detonation rolled from echo to echo in the vault like the rumbling of this titanic bowel |
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Political Economy | Yemen | The campaign of bombings--the devices sometimes were little more than noise makers--that had continued for several years, particularly in the southern governorates, appeared to have abated, although there were several explosions during the year, including the detonation of three small bombs in Aden early in the year. (references) |
Travel | Sri Lanka | Since the September 1999 detonation of three bombs placed in buses in separate incidents in Negombo and Badulla, attacks on buses have increased. (references) |
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| "Detonation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Detonation" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 57 | 44,859 |
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Expression using "detonation": sympathetic detonation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "detonation": detonation-resistant. | |
Ending with "detonation": anti-detonation. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "detonation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpërthim (access, blast, blowout, burst, conniption, effusion, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare up, furor, gush, gust, outbreak, outburst, output, paroxysm, report, Sally, tornado), plasje (backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, cleavage, plunk, report). (various references) | |
Arabic | تفجير (burst, explosion), إنفجار (blast, blaze, burst, explosion, fit, flare, outbreak, outburst, outcrop, puff and blow, report, salvo, shout). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | взрив (blast, burst, explosion, outburst, puff, report), избухване (belch, burst, eruption, explosion, flying, outbreak, outburst, puff), детонация (explosion). (various references) | |
Chinese | 爆炸 (Explosion). (various references) | |
Czech | detonace, výbuch (blast, blaze, burst, eruption, explosion, gush, gust, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, salvo). (various references) | |
Danish | detonation, sprængning (blasting, blow-out, burst, shotfiring), bankning (deflagration, knock, knocking, pinking, tapping). (various references) | |
Dutch | detonatie (knock), ontploffing (explosion), knal (crack). (various references) | |
Finnish | detonaatio (blast, détonation), räjähdys (explosion), nakutus (knocking, tap hammering), jymähdys (bang, boom, thud). (various references) | |
French | détonation. (various references) | |
German | Detonation (blast). (various references) | |
Greek | πυροκρότηση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פצוץ (blast, burst, bust, explosion), התפוצצות (burst, exploding, explosion, fulmination), הקשה (chink, clashing, knocking, tapping), דטונציה, נפוץ (blowing up, circulated, common, disruption, exploding, prevalent, ripe, shattering, smash, widespread). (various references) | |
Hungarian | robbanás (explosion, blast, fulmination), detonáció (explosion). (various references) | |
Indonesian | detonasi, peledakan. (various references) | |
Italian | detonazione (bang, report). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 爆発 (eruption, explosion). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばくはつ (eruption, explosion). (various references) | |
Korean | 폭팔. (various references) | |
Manx | polt (bang, clap, concussion, explosion, flap, rap, report, shot, snap, stroke, thump), bleaystey (blast, blow out; explosion, detonate, explode). (various references) | |
Norwegian | detonasjon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etonationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | detonação (discharge, explosion, ping, pop, shot). (various references) | |
Romanian | detonaţie, explozie (blast, blaze, burst, bursting, explosion, outbreak, round, shot, spirt, tornado). (various references) | |
Russian | взрыв (explosion, outburst), детонация (knock, pinking). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | detonacija (explosion, report), eksplozija (blast, blowout, blowup, burst, explosion, fulmination, outburst). (various references) | |
Spanish | detonación (bang). (various references) | |
Swedish | detonation (détonation). (various references) | |
Turkish | patlama (bang, blow out, blowup, boom, burst, burst up, crack, detonating, eruption, explosion, fireworks, fulminating, fulmination, outburst, plosion, puncture, simmer), infilak (blowup, burst, burst up, explosion, fulmination). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гуркіт (alarm, brattle, clatter, crash, din, drumming, growl, noise, peal, racquet, roar, thunder, thunder-clap, wallop), грім (thunder), вибух (bang, blast, blow up, blowing up, burst, bursting, explosion, howl, hurricane, outbreak, outleap, storm, tornado), детонація. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự nổ tiếng nổ. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | detonare. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "detonation": detonations. (additional references) | |
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"Detonation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: denonation, destonation, detination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "detonation" (pronounced de'tunā"shun) |
| 7 | -t u n ā" sh u n | concatenation, destination, intonation, predestination, procrastination. |
| 6 | -u n ā" sh u n | fascination, abomination, alienation, antidiscrimination, assassination, combination, contamination, coordination, coronation, culmination, decaffeination, decontamination, denomination, desalination, determination, discrimination, disinclination, dissemination, divination, domination, elimination, emanation, examination, explanation, extermination, germination, hallucination, hydrogenation, illumination, imagination, impersonation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, indoctrination, insemination, insubordination, machination, nomination, nondiscrimination, ordination, origination, pagination, pollination, profanation, recrimination, reexamination, rejuvenation, renomination, rumination, subordination, termination, transillumination, vaccination. |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | carnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: denotation. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-n-n-o-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: intonated. | |
-2 letters: anointed, antidote, antinode, donation, dotation, intonate, noontide, notation, tetanoid. | |
-3 letters: enation, intoned, notated, odonate, tainted, tontine. | |
-4 letters: anoint, atoned, attend, dentin, detain, donate, eonian, indent, innate, intend, intent, intone, iodate, ionone, nation, notate, notion, tanned, tenant, tendon, tinned, tinted, toited, tooted. | |
-5 letters: anent, anion, anode, anted, atone, danio, datto, ditto, donna, donne, entia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-n-n-o-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: denotations, detonations. | |
+3 letters: demonstration, documentation. | |
+4 letters: decontaminator, demonetization, demonstrations, disorientation, documentations. | |
+5 letters: codetermination, deconcentration, decontamination, decontaminators, demonetizations, demonstrational, disorientations, documentational, intermodulation. | |
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