detonation point

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• detonation — The action of the fuel charge firing or burning too violently, almost exploding. It sometimes results in a noise called pinging. Detonation is caused by autoignition of the end gas i.e., that part of the charge not yet consumed in the normal… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Pulse detonation engine — A pulse detonation engine, or PDE , is a type of propulsion system that can operate from subsonic up to hypersonic speeds. In theory the PDE design can produce an engine with a burn efficiency higher than other designs, with considerably fewer… …   Wikipedia

• Kasino Point — was the name given to a German machine gun post on the Somme battlefield in 1916. The machine gun post was destroyed by an underground mine on the first day of the Somme offensive.The Kasino Point machine gun post was located between the villages …   Wikipedia

• Soft point bullet — A soft point bullet, also known as a soft nosed bullet, is a lead bullet with a copper or brass jacket that is left open at the tip, exposing some of the lead inside and is thus an example of a semi jacketed round. Side by side comparison with a… …   Wikipedia

• Vanishing Point — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Fluchtpunkt San Francisco, Grenzpunkt Null (DDR) Originaltitel: Vanishing Point Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1971 Länge: 95 Minuten Originalsprache: engli …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• bomb release point — The point in space at which bombs must be released to reach the desired point of detonation …   Military dictionary

• firing point — That point in the firing circuit where the device employed to initiate the detonation of the charges is located. Also called FP …   Military dictionary

• zero point — The location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonation. The zero point may be in the air, or on or beneath the surface of land or water, depending upon the type of burst, and it is thus to be distinguished from… …   Military dictionary

• zero point — noun The location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonation. The zero point may be in the air, or on or beneath the surface of land or water, depending upon the type of burst, and it is thus to be distinguished… …   Wiktionary

• Operation Fishbowl — was a series of high altitude nuclear tests in 1962 that were carried out by the United States as a part of the larger Operation Dominic nuclear test program. Array of rockets with instruments for making scientific measurements of high altitude… …   Wikipedia