1) Collapse 2) Collapse bursting inward 3) Inward burst 4) The act of imploding
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- a sudden inward collapse
- the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
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[mechanical process] Implosion is a process in which objects are destroyed by collapsing (or being squeezed in) on themselves. The opposite of explosion, implosion concentrates matter and energy. True implosion usually involves a difference between internal (lower) and external (higher) pressure, or inward and outward forces, that is so lar...
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• (n.) 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 pec...
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(from the article `atomic bomb`) ...becomes a critical one. This can be practically achieved by using high explosives to shoot two subcritical slugs of fissionable material together ... ...physics of hydrodynamics and shock waves, an expertise that he had already applied to chemical explosives in the British war effort. At Los ... Th...
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1. A sudden collapse, as of an evacuated vessel, in which there is a bursting inward rather than outward as in explosion. ... 2. A type of behaviour therapy, similar to flooding, during which the patient is given massive exposure to extreme anxiety-arousing stimuli by being asked to describe, and thus relive in his imagination, those life events or...
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(im-plo´zhәn) see flooding.
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Im·plo'sion noun [ Formed by substitution of prefix
im- in for prefix
ex- in
explosion .]
1. A bursting inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with
explosion .
2. (Phon.) A sudden compression of the air in the m...
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collapse bursting inwardÂ
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Type: Term Pronunciation: im-plō′shŭn Definitions: 1. A sudden collapse, as of an evacuated vessel, in which there is a bursting inward rather than outward as in an explosion. 2. A type of behavior therapy, similar to flooding, during which the patient is given massive exposure to extreme anxiety-arousing stimuli by being asked to d...
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n] - a sudden inward collapse 2. [n] - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
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implosion 1. The bursting inward of a vessel or structure from external pressure that is greater than the internal pressure.
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A violent inward collapse. An inward explosion. See also: Explosion.
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noun the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
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the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion). · · the occlusive phase of stop consonants. · (of a stop consonant) the nasal release heard in the common pronunciation of eaten, sudden, or mitten, in which the vowel of the final syllable is greatly reduced. · the ingressive release of a suction stop. Cf. plosion...
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