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Definition of Detonating
Detonating Detonate Det"o*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Detonated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Detonating.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down;
de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See Thunder,
and cf. Detonize.]
To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with
sulphur.
Detonating Detonating Det"o*na`ting, a. & n.
from Detonate.
Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with
one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report
upon ignition.
Detonating powder, any powder or solid substance, as
fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with
violence and a loud report.
Detonating primer, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to
explode gun cotton in blasting operations.
Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated,
closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing
through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting,
for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an
electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
