Explosion
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/
- US IPA: /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
Origin
From French explosion, from Latin explÅsiÅnis, genitive form of explÅsio, from explÅdo ("I drive out by clapping"), from ex- and plÅdo ("I clap or strike")
Full definition of explosion
Noun
explosion
(plural explosions)- A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
- 2013-06-21, Chico Harlan, Japan pockets the subsidy …, Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
- A bursting due to pressure.
- The sound of an explosion.
- A sudden uncontrolled increase.
- Schuster Hepaticae V|3-4As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
- A sudden outburst.
- 2013-08-10, Can China clean up fast enough?, All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition. It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.