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FULMINATE OF MERCURY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does fulminate of mercury mean?

• FULMINATE OF MERCURY (noun)
The noun FULMINATE OF 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: FULMINATE OF MERCURY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FULMINATE OF MERCURY (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("fulminate of mercury" is a kind of...):

fulminate (a salt or ester of fulminic acid)

Holonyms ("fulminate of 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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