implosion
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ʒən noun
1.
the act of imploding; a bursting inward ( opposed to explosion ).
2.
Phonetics.
a.
the occlusive phase of stop consonants.
b.
(of a stop consonant) the nasal release heard in the common pronunciation of eaten, sudden, or mitten, in which the vowel of the final syllable is greatly reduced.
c.
the ingressive release of a suction stop. Compare plosion.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of imploding: the implosion of a light bulb |
| 2. | phonetics the suction or inhalation of breath employed in the pronunciation of an ingressive consonant |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
implosion
"a bursting inward," 1877, modeled on explosion (q.v.). Originally in ref. to effect of deep sea pressures. Fig. sense is from 1960. Verb implode is from 1881.
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Medical Dictionary
implosion im·plo·sion (ĭm-plō'zhən)
n.
A type of behavior therapy in which the patient is repeatedly subjected to anxiety-arousing stimuli while the therapist attempts to extinguish the patient's anxiety and anxious behavior and replace them with more appropriate responses.
A bursting inward rather than outward.
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Example sentences
They are strongly absorbed, however, by the high-Z inner shell and can greatly affect the implosion characteristics.
Now he's playing for a ring while his former team deals with the aftermath of its implosion.
In the implosion region, the radius o f this metal surface is determined by the inner radius of the implosion liner.
There is a video of a building whose implosion went wrong, and it stayed up, albeit leaning.
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