explorer
- n someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
- n a commercial browser
explorer's gentian
- n tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green; western North America
explosion
- n a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- n the act of exploding or bursting
the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children - n a sudden great increase
the population explosion
the information explosion - n the noise caused by an explosion
the explosion was heard a mile away - n the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
- n a sudden outburst
an explosion of laughter
an explosion of rage - n a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
explosive charge
- n a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
explosive detection system
- n a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
explosive device
- n device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
explosive trace detection
- n a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives