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tertiary explosives

tertiary explosives is the plural of tertiary explosive.

Meaning of tertiary explosive

Noun

tertiary explosive (plural tertiary explosives)

  1. A type of explosive that is highly insensitive to shock and that cannot be reliably detonated by practical quantities of primary explosive.

Questions about tertiary explosives

What is tertiary explosives the plural of?
Tertiary explosives is the plural of tertiary explosive.

Words near tertiary explosives in the dictionary

  1. tertiary colors
  2. tertiary colour
  3. tertiary colours
  4. tertiary education
  5. tertiary explosive
  6. tertiary explosives
  7. tertiary healthcare
  8. tertiary industries
  9. tertiary industry
  10. tertiary phosphine
  11. tertiary phosphines

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