English Explanatory Dictionary

detonating cord

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).

Word forms

detonating cord detonating cords detonation cord

Synonyms

cordeau detcord det cord det. cord detacord sun cord primer cord primacord

Derived words

detcord det cord det. cord detacord
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