detonator

English

Etymology

detonate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ə.neɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛtn̩eɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

Three types of detonators for detonating explosive devices

In rail transport a detonator is an explosive device that provides an audible warning

detonator (plural detonators)

1. A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
2. (rail transport, UK) a small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
3. (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
4. (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap.

Synonyms

• (rail transport): torpedo (US)

Related terms

• detonate
• detonation

Translations

device used to detonate an explosive device

• Bulgarian: детонатор m (detonator), запалка (bg) f (zapalka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷管 (zh) (léiguǎn)

• Czech: rozbuška f, detonátor m
• Dutch: detonator (nl) m, ontsteker (nl) m
• Finnish: sytytin (fi)
• French: détonateur (fr) m, capsule fulminante f
• German: Zünder (de) m
• Hindi: विस्फोटक (hi) m (visphoṭak)
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• Italian: detonatore (it) m
• Japanese: 雷管 (らいかん, raikan)
• Korean: 뇌관 (noegwan)
• Portuguese: detonador (pt) m
• Romanian: detonator (ro)
• Russian: детона́тор (ru) m (detonátor), ка́псюль-детона́тор (ru) m (kápsjulʹ-detonátor), запа́л (ru) m (zapál)
• Swedish: detonator (sv) c
• Tagalog: pandiklap

rail transport: small explosive warning device

• Czech: třaskavka f
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• Russian: железнодоро́жная пета́рда f (železnodoróžnaja petárda), пета́рда (ru) f (petárda)

See also

• (device for detonating explosives): blasting cap

Anagrams

• denotator, rattooned, tetraodon

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Danish

Noun

detonator c (singular definite detonatoren, plural indefinite detonatorer)

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Declension

Declension of detonator

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	detonator	detonatoren	detonatorer	detonatorerne
genitive	detonators	detonatorens	detonatorers	detonatorernes

Further reading

• “detonator” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

detonator m (plural detonators, diminutive detonatortje n)

1. detonator.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dētonātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dētonō