(Askeri) NÜKLEER BİR SİLAH: Normal basınçta kritik kütleden daha az belli bir miktar atomları parçalanabilen maddenin, hacminin aniden kompresyonla düşürülmesi (kimyasal patlayıcılar kullanılarak yapılır) neticesinde nükleer patlama husule getirerek kritik üstü duruma geldiği bir silah
Tracing a component and its requirements upward through successively higher levels of a bill of material The opposite of exploding a top-level item down to individual components
The rapid inward collapsing of the walls of a vacuum system or device as the result of failure of the walls to sustain the ambient pressure
A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany
Compression of air between the closed glottis and the closed oral and nasal passages, forming the voiceless consonants "p", "t" and "k"
(Ticaret) Tracing a component and its requirements upward through successively higher levels of a bill of material. The opposite of exploding a top-level item down to individual components
therapeutic technique whereby clients imagine and relive aversive scenes associated with their anxiety; the idea is that with repeated exposure in a safe environment, the aversive stimulus will lose its ability to make the person anxious
A bursting inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; contrasted with explosion