Engelsk navneord: explosion | |||
| 1. | explosion (om begivenhed) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | blowup, detonation | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | discharge | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | airburst, backfire, backfire, big bang, blast, blowback, fragmentation, inflation | ||
| 2. | explosion (om handling) the act of exploding or bursting | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children. The burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | burst | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | change of integrity | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | detonation, fulmination | ||
| 3. | explosion (om begivenhed) a sudden great increase | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The population explosion. The information explosion. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | increase | ||
| 4. | explosion (om begivenhed) the noise caused by an explosion | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The explosion was heard a mile away. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | noise | ||
| 5. | explosion (om kommunikation) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | plosion | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | release, tone ending | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant | ||
| 6. | explosion (om kommunikation) a sudden outburst | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | An explosion of laughter. An explosion of rage. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | blowup, ebullition, effusion, gush, outburst | ||
| 7. | explosion (om handling) a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | golf shot, golf stroke, swing | ||