microdetonator
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editmicrodetonator (plural microdetonators)
- (chiefly science fiction) A very small detonator.
- 1981, NASA Tech Briefs, volume 6, page 24:
- The microdetonators, manufactured commercially, utilize a material that includes lead styphnate. This detonator is readily ignited by laser energy but is relatively insensitive to other stimuli.
- 2014, Allan Kaster, Stephen Baxter, Michael Blumlein, The Year's Top Short SF Novels 4:
- As soon as they were down, Landor hit the microdetonators he had installed in the few seconds he'd had. There was a tiny crack, and the wall of the water storage area crumbled into a side corridor.