detonating cord en · NOUN
Meanings
- An explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| detonating cords | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| detonation cord | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
plastic explosive · explosive line · explosive stick · sheet explosive · explosive sheet · stick explosive · cord explosive
Deriveds
det. cord · detcord · detacord · det cord
Hypernyms
explosive transfer line · detonator · primer · explosive · fuse
Synonyms
detcord · sun cord · cordeau · det. cord · primacord · det cord · detacord · primer cord