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brisant

brisant adjective: having a shattering effect.

Adjective

brisant (not comparable)

  1. Having a shattering effect.
    • The use of gun-cotton proper (trinitrocellulose) could not be thought of, owing to the brisant action of this body, but it was found that collodion-wool (dinitrocellulose, soluble gun-cotton), which was less brisant, could be converted into a nearly homogeneous mass which satisfied many of the...1893, Charles E. Munroe, Notes on the Literature of Explosives, No. XXIII: Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, Volume 18, page 123
    • At the start of the run a shattering or "brisant" detonation occurred in the line between the oxidant control valve (number 5, fig. 2(a)) and the oxidant tank. […] The propellant tank showed evidence of high internal pressure but no brisant detonation.1959, Mitchel H. Bertram, William V. Feller, Memorandum 5-24-59L: A Simple Method for Determining Heat Transfer, Skin Friction, and Boundary-Layer Thickness for Hypersonic Laminar Boundary-Layer...

Examples of brisant in a sentence

  • Two charges should be used: a cratering charge, and a small charge of a brisant explosive.1962, NAVWEPS OP [Ordnance Pamphlet] 2212: Demolition Materials, Bureau of Naval Weapons, pages 6–12:
  • It is highly brisant with a VoD of 7300 ms-1 at a charge density of approximately 1.5 g cm-3.2016, Materials Analysis in Forensic Science:

Origin of brisant

from the French noun/adjective brisant.

Questions about brisant

What does brisant mean?
Brisant means having a shattering effect.
How do you use brisant in a sentence?
Two charges should be used: a cratering charge, and a small charge of a brisant explosive.
What part of speech is brisant?
Brisant is an adjective.

Words near brisant in the dictionary

  1. Brisac
  2. Brisach
  3. Brisack
  4. brisance
  5. brisances
  6. brisant
  7. Brisbane
  8. Brisbane box
  9. Brisbane Grove
  10. Brisbane lily
  11. Brisbanian

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