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Explosive Charge

Definition: Explosive Charge

Explosive Charge

Noun

1. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Explosive Charge

Synonyms: burster (n), bursting charge (n), charge (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Explosive Charge

English words defined with "explosive charge": banger, blank, blank shell, burster, bursting chargecap, cartridge, charge, crackerdetonating device, detonator, dummyfirecracker, fulminic acid, fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzeeloadpayload, primer, primingrocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellentshell, shot, shot holeTime fusewarhead. (references)
Specialty definitions using "explosive charge": anchor chargeballistic mortar, base charge, BLASTER HELPER, blasthole, blasthole drill, blasting fuse, broken charge, bulled hole, bulling, bursting timeconcentrated charge, continuous charge, coyote hole, crater theory, cushion blastingdead hole, delay elementelectric blasting cap, electric fuse, expansive rivet, explosive rivet, explosively anchored rockboltfallhammer test, fitted mine, FUSE ASSEMBLER, fuse capgophering, GUN-PERFORATOR LOADERhangfire, HIGH-ENERGY-FORMING EQUIPMENT OPERATORinert primer, infusion shot firing, INSPECTOR IIlead wiresmaximum charge weight per delay, mudcappingneoprene plug closureoil-well-sounding-device operatorparachute packer, PARACHUTE RIGGER, Piggot corer, powder carrier, POWDER WORKER, TNT, premature blast, premature explosion, premature firing, pyramid cutreflection mechanismSERVICE-UNIT OPERATOR, OIL WELL, shaft drilling, SHOOTER, SEISMOGRAPH, shooter's helper, shot depth, shot elevation, shot firer, shot firing, shot lighter, shotfiring, shothole bridge, shot-hole shooter, slung cartridges, sympathetic detonationto primeunbalanced shothole, underburden, unkeyingV2, velocity of detonation, vertical crater retreatweathering shot, wellhole blasting. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Explosive Charge

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  explosive charge

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Explosive Charge

Language Translations for "explosive charge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ladning (blasting charge, cargo, charge, cycle, electric charge, electricity, freight, load, loading, round, round of charges). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

springlading (blasting charge, charge), lading (batch, blasting charge, burden, cargo, cart load, charge, cycle, electric charge, electricity, fill, filling, forebody, heat, ladle, load, loading, melt, mucking, payload, power-loading, round, round of charges, stock, suspended load, vehicle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

räjähdyspanos. (various references)

   

French

  

charge (extender). (various references)

   

German

  

Sprengladung (blasting charge, charge). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γόμωση (blasting charge, charge, primer, priming, threshed filler). (various references)

   

Italian

  

carica (appointment, batch, blasting charge, brail, buntline, burden, charge, charging, concentration, electric charge, electricity, fill, filler, filling, kiln load, load, loading, loads, mould weight, office, position, press head, stock, weight, winding). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

explosiveay argechay

   

Portuguese

  

carga (batch, blasting charge, brew, bulk, burden, cargo, charge, charging, cloud-burst, concentration, cycle, demand, down grade, electric charge, electricity, fare, feeding, fill, filler, filling, freight, freighter, job, lading, load, loading, refill, round, round of charges, rush, stock, task, weight). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

carga (barge, batch, blasting charge, brew, buck, bulk, burden, cargo, charge, charging, concentration, cycle, demand, electric charge, electric load, electricity, encumbrance, extender, extender pigment, feeding, fetch, fill, filler, filling, freight, imposition, liability, load, loading, on-loading, onus, press head, round, round of charges, shipment, stock, tax, to charge, weight). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Explosive Charge

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-h-i-l-o-p-r-s-v-x"

-5 letters: chevaliers, coliphages, echeverias, exospheric, repechages.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Explosive Charge


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 78 70 6C 6F 73 69 76 65      43 68 61 72 67 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01111000 01110000 01101100 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01000011 01101000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#120 &#112 &#108 &#111 &#115 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#32 &#67 &#104 &#97 &#114 &#103 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0078 0070 006C 006F 0073 0069 0076 0065      0043 0068 0061 0072 0067 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3990827881857588712377467847371

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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