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detonating cords

detonating cords is the plural of detonating cord.

Meaning of detonating cord

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

Questions about detonating cords

What is detonating cords the plural of?
Detonating cords is the plural of detonating cord.

Words near detonating cords in the dictionary

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

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