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spaced loading

spaced loading

[′spāst ′lōd·iŋ]
(engineering)
Loading shot holes so that cartridges are separated by open spacers which do not prevent the concussion from one charge from reaching the next.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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