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brisant (not comparable)

  1. (of an explosion or explosive) Having a shattering effect.
    • 1893, Charles E. Munroe, Notes on the Literature of Explosives, No. XXIII: Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, Volume 18, page 123:
      The use of gun-cotton proper (trinitrocellulose) could not be thought of, owing to the brisant action of this body, but it was found that collodion-wool (dinitrocellulose, soluble gun-cotton), which was less brisant, could be converted into a nearly homogeneous mass which satisfied many of the requirements of a smoke-free powder, but it was still so brisant when used alone as to produce too high gas pressures and too irregular initial velocities.
    • 1959, Mitchel H. Bertram, William V. Feller, Memorandum 5-24-59L: A Simple Method for Determining Heat Transfer, Skin Friction, and Boundary-Layer Thickness for Hypersonic Laminar Boundary-Layer Flows in a Pressure Gradient, NASA, 5,
      At the start of the run a shattering or "brisant" detonation occurred in the line between the oxidant control valve (number 5, fig. 2(a)) and the oxidant tank. [] The propellant tank showed evidence of high internal pressure but no brisant detonation.
    • 1962, NAVWEPS OP [Ordnance Pamphlet] 2212: Demolition Materials, Bureau of Naval Weapons, pages 6–12:
      Two charges should be used: a cratering charge, and a small charge of a brisant explosive.
    • 2016, Materials Analysis in Forensic Science[1]:
      It is highly brisant with a VoD of 7300 ms-1 at a charge density of approximately 1.5 g cm-3.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French brisant.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /briˈzɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: bri‧sant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective edit

brisant (comparative brisanter, superlative brisantst)

  1. fast, snappy, explosive

Inflection edit

Inflection of brisant
uninflected brisant
inflected brisante
comparative brisanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial brisant brisanter het brisantst
het brisantste
indefinite m./f. sing. brisante brisantere brisantste
n. sing. brisant brisanter brisantste
plural brisante brisantere brisantste
definite brisante brisantere brisantste
partitive brisants brisanters

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Participle edit

brisant

  1. present participle of briser

Descendants edit

  • English: brisance
  • German: brisant
  • German: Brisanz

Noun edit

brisant m (plural brisants)

  1. reef
  2. breaker (wave)

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French brisant.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

brisant (strong nominative masculine singular brisanter, comparative brisanter, superlative am brisantesten)

  1. controversial
  2. volatile
  3. (figuratively) explosive

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Further reading edit

  • brisant” in Duden online
  • brisant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Adjective edit

brisant (not comparable)

  1. highly explosive

Declension edit

Inflection of brisant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular brisant
Neuter singular brisant
Plural brisanta
Masculine plural3 brisante
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 brisante
All brisanta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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