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a. [ Gr. &unr_; double + &unr_; the warp, a thread. ] (Bot.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium. R. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The condition of being diplostemonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Explosion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vast displosion dissipates the clouds. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'epi` + &unr_; to make double. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.” Phil. iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode. ] 1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. a sudden and substantial increase; a rapid acceleration; as, the population explosion. [ PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. explosif. ] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, or nitro-glycerine. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [ See Guide to Pronunciation, √ 155-7, 184. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an explosive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>prop. n.. [ After the inventor, P. A. Favier, a Frenchman. ] Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. "aplo`os simple + sth`mwn a thread.] (Bot.) Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion. ] 1. A bursting inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: 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 ]

3. (Phon.) 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, §§159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive sound, an implodent. -- Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. H. Sweet. [1913 Webster]

a. Not explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Not explosive. [ Narrower terms: noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible ] WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The explosion of an atomic bomb or atomic device; -- sometimes also used of fusion-powered explosions.
Syn. -- atomic explosion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. ob- + diplostemonous. ] (Bot.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]