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detonability

detonability noun: a measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions.

Noun

detonability (countable and uncountable, plural detonabilities)

  1. A measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions.
    • Hydrogen-air-steam was chosen for this analysis since its flammability and detonability limits are well known.1993, K. W. Boyack et al., “Internal Pressure Loads Due to Gaseous Detonations”, in Proceedings: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 443, number 1918, page 344

Forms of detonability

pluraldetonabilities

Questions about detonability

What does detonability mean?
Detonability means a measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions.
What part of speech is detonability?
Detonability is a noun.
What is the plural of detonability?
The plural of detonability is detonabilities.

Words near detonability in the dictionary

  1. detokenizers
  2. detokenizes
  3. detokenizing
  4. detomidine
  5. detonabilities
  6. detonability
  7. detonable
  8. detonatability
  9. detonatable
  10. detonate
  11. detonated

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