DETONATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 25

n. Deat-on-a's hun. Lat., detonatio (from detonare, to thunder severely). Fr., detonation. Ger., D., Verpuffung. It., detonazione. Sp., detonacion. A violent noise caused by a chemical decomposition or combination. IB, 8, 270 (a, 24).] [s. 540]