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PERCUSSION CAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does percussion cap mean? 

PERCUSSION CAP (noun)
  The noun PERCUSSION CAP has 1 sense:

1. a detonator that explodes when struckplay

  Familiarity information: PERCUSSION CAP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERCUSSION CAP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A detonator that explodes when struck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("percussion cap" is a kind of...):

cap; detonating device; detonator (a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive)

Meronyms (parts of "percussion cap"):

fulminate of mercury; fulminating mercury; mercury fulminate (a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps)


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