implosion

See also: Implosion and implosión

English

Etymology

in- +‎ explosion

Noun

implosion (countable and uncountable, plural implosions)

1. The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
2. The action of imploding.
3. The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.

Antonyms

• explosion

Derived terms

• implode

Translations

action of imploding

• Catalan: implosió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內爆／内爆 (zh) (nèibào), 内爆 (zh) (nèibào), 爆縮／爆缩, 爆缩 (bàosuō)

• French: implosion (fr) f
• Galician: implosión f
• German: Implosion f
• Ido: implozo (io)
• Italian: implosione (it) f
• Japanese: 爆縮 (ばくしゅく, bakushuku), 内破 (ないは, naiha)
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• Occitan: implosion f
• Paelignian: saizadian
• Polish: implozja f
• Portuguese: implosão (pt) f
• Russian: импло́зия (ru) f (implózija), (вну́тренний) взрыв (ru) m (vzryv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝмпло̄зија f

  Roman: ìmplōzija (sh) f

• Spanish: implosión (es) f

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French

Etymology

im- +‎ (ex)plosion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃/

Noun

implosion f (plural implosions)

1. implosion

Antonyms

• explosion

Further reading

• “implosion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.