Dictionary

detonation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɛtəˈneɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

From French détonation; equivalent to detonate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
   • the detonation of gun cotton
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression. ▸ Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.
   • carbon detonation
   • a nuclear detonation
3. (countable, uncountable) Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines.

Forms

Antonyms

deflagration (with respect to speed of propagation)

Deriveds

pulse detonation engine · detonation cord · rotating detonation engine · antidetonation · sympathetic detonation · autodetonation · carbon detonation

Hypernyms

combustion · decomposition

Relateds

detonator · detonate

Translations (37)

cy taniad (an explosion) · hu durranás (an explosion) · da brag (an explosion) · sv detonation (an explosion) · da eksplosion (an explosion) · ru взрыв (an explosion) · hu detonáció (mechanical engineering: engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines) · es detonación (an explosion) · tl pagpapasabog (an explosion) · fi paukku (an explosion) · ro detonație (an explosion) · de Detonation (an explosion) · ja 爆轟 (an explosion) · hu kopogás (mechanical engineering: engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines) · cmn 爆炸 (an explosion) · ga madhmadh (an explosion) · hu robbantás (an explosion) · hu detonáció (an explosion) · ro explozie (an explosion) · ru детона́ция (an explosion) · fi pamahdus (an explosion) · pl detonacja (an explosion) · ro detonare (an explosion) · ro explodare (an explosion) · ar تَفْجِير (an explosion) · hu dörej (an explosion) · bg експлозия (an explosion) · it detonazione (an explosion) · bg избухване (an explosion) · da knald (an explosion) · fr détonation (an explosion) · fi räjähdys (an explosion) · pt detonação (an explosion) · hu robbanás (an explosion) · pl detonacja (mechanical engineering: engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines) · ca detonació (an explosion) · bg взрив (an explosion)