| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Formed by implosion.[Websters] 2. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb implosively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (implosively) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective implosive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. An implosive sound, an implodent.[Websters]. | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Implosive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Implosive consonant | Implosive consonants are plosives (rarely affricates) with a glottalic ingressive airstream mechanism. That is, the airstream is controlled by moving the glottis downward, rather than by expelling air from the lungs as in normal pulmonic consonants. Contrastive implosives are found in approximately 10%-15% of the world's languages. (references) | ||
| Voiced dental implosive | The voiced dental implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɗ̪, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is d_n_<. (references) | ||
| Voiced retroflex implosive | Retroflex implosives have not been confirmed to exist in any language, though one has been claimed for Ngad'a, an Austronesian language spoken in Flores. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Implosive Therapy | Health | A method for extinguishing anxiety by a saturation exposure to the feared stimulus situation or its substitute. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: IMPLOSIVE | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Voiced alveolar implosive | 39 | Implosive consonant | 16 | |
| Voiced bilabial implosive | 39 | Voiced alveolar implosive | 39 | |
| Voiced palatal implosive | 38 | Voiced bilabial implosive | 39 | |
| Voiced velar implosive | 38 | Voiced dental implosive | 37 | |
| Voiced uvular implosive | 37 | Voiced palatal implosive | 38 | |
| Voiced dental implosive | 37 | Voiced retroflex implosive | 34 | |
| Voiced retroflex implosive | 34 | Voiced uvular implosive | 37 | |
| Implosive consonant | 16 | Voiced velar implosive | 38 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | implozivní (implosive). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | implozivní (implosive). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | implozivní (implosive). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | implosiv (implosive, Implosive consonant). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | implosif (implosive). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | implosif (implosive). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | implosiv (implosive, Implosive consonant). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 내파음 (implosive, Unreleased stop), 내파의 (implosive), 입파음 (Implosive consonant). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 내파음 (implosive, Unreleased stop), 내파의 (implosive), 입파음 (Implosive consonant). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | עיצורים עצורים (Implosive consonant). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | implosiv (implosive, Implosive consonant). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | implosiv (implosive, Implosive consonant). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | עיצורים עצורים (Implosive consonant). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 内破音 (implosive, Unreleased stop), 内破の (implosive), 内破 (implosion, imploding, imploration, implosive), 入破音 (Implosive consonant). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 내파음 (implosive, Unreleased stop), 내파의 (implosive), 입파음 (Implosive consonant). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | implosivo (implosive). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, implosive. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “implosive” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | athagimplathagosathagive (implosive). Additional references: Athag, implosive. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | agimplagosagive (implosive). Additional references: Double Dutch, implosive. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |/\/\|>#()5|\/3 (implosive). Additional references: Leet, implosive. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | opimploposopive (implosive). Additional references: Oppish, implosive. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | implosiveway (implosive). Additional references: Pig Latin, implosive. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | imposiv (implosive). Additional references: Terran B, implosive. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | ubimplubosubive (implosive). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, implosive. (volunteer) | |||
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