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FULMINATING MERCURY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fulminating mercury mean?
• FULMINATING MERCURY (noun)
The noun FULMINATING MERCURY has 1 sense:
1. a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
Familiarity information: FULMINATING MERCURY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
fulminate of mercury; fulminating mercury; mercury fulminate
Hypernyms ("fulminating mercury" is a kind of...):
fulminate (a salt or ester of fulminic acid)
Holonyms ("fulminating mercury" is a part of...):
blasting cap (a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives)
percussion cap (a detonator that explodes when struck)
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