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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun implosion has 2 senses
- implosion(n = noun.event) - a sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb" is a kind of collapse
- implosion(n = noun.communication) - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant; is a kind of blockage, closure, occlusion
has particulars: gravitational collapse
Derived form verb implode1
is a part of occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
Derived form verb implode1
CIDE DICTIONARY
implosion, n. [Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion.].
- A bursting inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with
explosion . [1913 Webster] - The inward-moving detonation wave cause by detonation of explosives arrayed spherically around a core; -- a technique used in atomic bombs to compress fissionable material to allow a chain reaction time to produce an explosion of the fissionable material. [PJC]
- A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation,
b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. H. Sweet. [1913 Webster]