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detonating cord

detonating cord noun: 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).

detonating cord: an explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting...
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Noun

detonating cord (plural detonating cords)

  1. 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).
    Synonyms:
    cordeau, detcord, det cord, det. cord, detacord, sun cord, primer cord, primacord

Synonyms of detonating cord

Forms of detonating cord

pluraldetonating cords
alternative formdetonation cord

Words formed from detonating cord

  • detcord
  • det cord
  • det. cord
  • detacord

Questions about detonating cord

What does detonating cord mean?
Detonating cord means 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).
What part of speech is detonating cord?
Detonating cord is a noun.
What is the plural of detonating cord?
The plural of detonating cord is detonating cords.

Words near detonating cord in the dictionary

  1. detonatable
  2. detonate
  3. detonated
  4. detonates
  5. detonating
  6. detonating cord
  7. detonating cords
  8. detonation
  9. detonation cord
  10. detonation cords
  11. detonations

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