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Displosive
Displosive Dis*plo"sive, a.
Explosive.
Explosive
Explosive Ex*plo"sive, a. [Cf. F. explosif.]
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing
explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Explosive
Explosive Ex*plo"sive, n.
1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a
rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath;
(Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are
sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.
Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, [root] 155-7, 184.]
Explosively
Explosively Ex*plo"sive*ly, adv.
In an explosive manner.
Favier explosive
Favier explosive Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive [After the inventor, P.
A. Favier, a Frenchman.]
Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium
nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are
stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it
is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose
powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof
wrappers. It is used for mining.
ImplosiveImplosive Im*plo"sive, a. (Phon.)
Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive sound, an implodent.
-- Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. --H. Sweet. ImplosivelyImplosive Im*plo"sive, a. (Phon.)
Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive sound, an implodent.
-- Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. --H. Sweet. Inexplosive
Inexplosive In`ex*plo"sive, a.
Not explosive.
Meaning of PLOSIVE from wikipedia
- ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and
transcription delimiters. In phonetics, a
plosive, also
known as an
occlusive or
simply a stop, is a
pulmonic consonant in...
-
voiced velar plosive or stop is a type of
consonantal sound used in many
spoken languages. Some
languages have the
voiced pre-velar
plosive,
which is articulated...
- The
voiceless velar plosive or stop is a type of
consonantal sound used in
almost all
spoken languages. The
symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet...
- The
voiced alveolar,
dental and
postalveolar plosives (or stops) are
types of
consonantal sounds used in many
spoken languages. The
symbol in the International...
- The
epiglottal or
pharyngeal plosive (or stop) is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The
symbol in the
International Phonetic...
- The
voiceless palatal plosive or stop is a type of
consonantal sound used in some
vocal languages. The
symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that...
- The
voiced palatal plosive or stop is a type of
consonantal sound in some
spoken languages. The
symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...
- The
voiceless alveolar,
dental and
postalveolar plosives (or stops) are
types of
consonantal sounds used in
almost all
spoken languages. The
symbol in...
- best, is
reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European.
Apart from the
voiceless plosive [k], no
other velar consonant is
particularly common, even the [w] and...
- The
glottal stop or
glottal plosive is a type of
consonantal sound used in many
spoken languages,
produced by
obstructing airflow in the
vocal tract or...
