proximity fuze

noun

  1. a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.

Origin of proximity fuze

1
First recorded in 1940–45
  • Also called variable time fuze, VT fuze.

Words Nearby proximity fuze

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How to use proximity fuze in a sentence

  • His third was a graze; so close that its proximity fuze functioned, detonating the cyclonite-packed war-head.

    Triplanetary | Edward Elmer Smith

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