"detonating cord" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: detonating cords [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} detonating cord (plural detonating cords)
  1. An explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives). Wikipedia link: en:detonating cord Synonyms: cordeau [archaic], detcord, det cord, det. cord, detacord, sun cord, primer cord, primacord, detonation cord Hypernyms: explosive transfer line, explosive, detonator, primer, fuse Derived forms: detcord, det cord, det. cord, detacord Coordinate_terms: plastic explosive, cord explosive, sheet explosive, stick explosive, explosive line, explosive sheet, explosive stick
    Sense id: en-detonating_cord-en-noun-KwMnmw1q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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