detonating cord
noun1
An explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives).
- Synonyms
- cordeau, detcord, det cord, det. cord, detacord, sun cord, primer cord, primacord
- Derived terms
- detcord, det cord, det. cord, detacord
- Coordinate terms
- cord explosive, explosive line, explosive sheet, explosive stick, plastic explosive, sheet explosive, stick explosive