(military) Detonation of a charge by exploding another charge adjacent to it.

plural of pencil detonator

A timed fuse designed to be connected to a detonator or short length of safety fuse.

Synonym of detonating cord

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).

(astronomy, nuclear physics) The explosive ignition of thermonuclear fusion within a carbon-oxygen white dwarf star that occurs when its mass exceeds approximately 1.4 times that of the Sun (due to accretion of material or merger with another star), producing a supernova which completely destroys the star.

plural of detonating cord

A jet engine driven by repeated detonations within the engine.

plural of pulse detonation engine