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detonation (iou)



detonation noun. L17.
[French detonation, from detoner from Latin detonare: see DETONATE, -ATION.]
(The sudden loud noise accompanying) an explosive chemical reaction whose gaseous products expand supersonically; explosion with loud report. L17.
b. Rapid premature combustion of the fuel in an internal-combustion engine, causing pinking. E20.
The action of causing a substance, bomb, etc., to explode. E18.
gen. A sudden loud noise; fig. a sudden outburst of feeling. M19.