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PLUTONIUM TRIGGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plutonium trigger mean?
• PLUTONIUM TRIGGER (noun)
The noun PLUTONIUM TRIGGER has 1 sense:
1. a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
Familiarity information: PLUTONIUM TRIGGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
plutonium pit; plutonium trigger
Hypernyms ("plutonium trigger" is a kind of...):
trigger (a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen)
Holonyms ("plutonium trigger" is a part of...):
A-bomb; atom bomb; atomic bomb; fission bomb; plutonium bomb (a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239))
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