Definition of Detoneting
Det"o*na`ting, a. & n. from
Detonate.
Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes of
hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report
upon ignition. -- Detonating powder, any
powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when
struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. --
Detonating primer, a primer exploded by a fuse;
-- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. --
Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass,
usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires
passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for
the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in
gas analysis, etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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