proximity fuse

English

Alternative forms

• proximity fuze

Noun

proximity fuse (plural proximity fuses)

1. A fuse that is designed to detonate an explosive automatically when close enough to the target to destroy it.

Related terms

• proximity mine

Translations

fuse designed to detonate an explosive automatically when close enough to a target

• Finnish: lähisytytin
• German: Annäherungszünder m, Abstandszünder m, Näherungszünder m
• Romanian: declanșator de proximitate n