low explosive

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• low explosive — noun an explosive with a low rate of combustion • Ant: ↑high explosive • Hypernyms: ↑explosive • Hyponyms: ↑firework, ↑pyrotechnic * * * noun : a deflagrating or nondetonating explosive …   Useful english dictionary

• low explosive — explosive material used to propel other explosive devices toward a target …   English contemporary dictionary

• low explosive — a relatively slow burning explosive, usually set off by heat or friction, used for propelling charges in guns or for ordinary blasting. * * * …   Universalium

• low explosive — /loʊ əksˈploʊsɪv/ (say loh uhks plohsiv) noun a relatively slow burning explosive, usually set off by heat or friction, and used for propelling charges in guns or for ordinary blasting …  

• low-yield — «LOH YEELD», adjective. yielding little, as of ore. * * * adj. producing little; giving a low return low yield investment ■ (of a nuclear weapon) having a relatively low explosive force …   Useful english dictionary

• Explosive material — A number of 1.25lb M112 Demolition Charges, consisting of a C 4 compound, sit atop degraded weaponry scheduled for destruction An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential… …   Wikipedia

• explosive — explosively, adv. explosiveness, n. /ik sploh siv/, adj. 1. tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. 3. likely to lead to… …   Universalium

• Explosive lens — An explosive lens as used, for example, in nuclear weapons is a highly specialized explosive charge. In general, it is a device composed of several explosive charges that are shaped in such a way as to change the shape of the detonation wave… …   Wikipedia

• Explosive booster — An explosive booster acts as a bridge between a low energy explosive and a low sensitivity (but typically high energy) explosive. It increases the energy of an initiating explosive to the degree sufficient to trigger the secondary charge. Unlike… …   Wikipedia

• Low-temperature thermal desorption — NOTE: This article is largely taken verbatim from the EPA s How to Evaluate Alternative Cleanup Technologies for Underground Storage Tank Sites . cite web last = first = authorlink = coauthors = date = url = http://www.epa.gov/OUST/cat/lttd.htm… …   Wikipedia

• Low-density parity-check code — In information theory, a low density parity check code (LDPC code) is an error correcting code, a method of transmitting a message over a noisy transmission channel. [David J.C. MacKay (2003) Information theory, inference and learning algorithms …   Wikipedia