instantaneous fuse

instantaneous fuse

[¦in·stən¦tā·nē·əs ′fyüz]
(engineering)
A fuse with an ignition rate of several thousand feet per minute; an example is PETN.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Without hesitation he ran to the bridge under heavy fire, tore away the time fuse and lit the instantaneous fuse.
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This box had a yoke and a trigger connecting four igniters which, in turn, connected with four detonators and then, to instantaneous fuses. A pressure of some 40 or 50 pounds on the yoke would cause the explosion.
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"He tore away the time fuse and lit the instantaneous fuse, to do which he had to get under the bridge himself."
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Without hesitation he ran to the bridge under heavy re, tore away the time fuse and lit Without hesitation he ran to the bridge under heavy re, tore away the time fuse and lit the instantaneous fuse.
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