What does fulminate mean?
Definitions for fulminate
ˈfʌl məˌneɪtful·mi·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
fulminateverb
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
fulminate, railverb
criticize severely
"He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
fulminateverb
come on suddenly and intensely
"the disease fulminated"
fulminateverb
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
Wiktionary
fulminatenoun
Any salt or ester of fulminic acid; mostly explosive.
fulminateverb
To make a verbal attack.
fulminateverb
To issue a denunciation.
fulminateverb
To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
Etymology: From fulminatus, past participle of fulmino, from fulmen, from earlier,, from fulgo, fulgeo. More at fulgent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Fulminateverb
To throw out as an object of terrour.
As excommunication is not greatly regarded here in England, as now fulminated; so this constitution is out of use among us in a great measure. John Ayliffe, Parergon.
To FULMINATEverb
Etymology: fulmino, Lat. fulminer, French.
Whilst it was in fusion we cast into it a live coal, which presently kindled it, and made it boil and flash for a pretty while: after which we cast in another glowing coal, which made it fulminate afresh. Boyle.
In damps one is called the suffocating, and the other the fulminating damp. John Woodward, Natural History.
Wikipedia
Fulminate
Fulminates are chemical compounds which include the fulminate ion (CNO−, C−≡N+−O−). The fulminate ion is a pseudohalic ion because its charge and reactivity are similar to those of the halogens. Due to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives. The best known is mercury(II) fulminate, which has been used as a primary explosive in detonators. Fulminates can be formed from metals, such as silver and mercury, dissolved in nitric acid and reacted with ethanol. The weak single nitrogen-oxygen bond is responsible for their instability. Nitrogen very easily forms a stable triple bond to another nitrogen atom, forming nitrogen gas.
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fulminate
Fulminate is a verb that can have two primary meanings. Firstly, it may refer to expressing vehement protest or criticism, typically in a loud, forceful and often sudden manner. Secondly, in the context of chemistry, it refers to a type of compound that explosively decomposes and detonates under heat or shock, like mercury fulminate. As a noun, it refers to a salt or ester of fulminic acid, usually in relation to explosive compounds.
Webster Dictionary
Fulminateverb
to thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report
Fulminateverb
to issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces
Fulminateverb
to cause to explode
Fulminateverb
to utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority
Fulminateverb
a salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic
Fulminateverb
a fulminating powder
Etymology: [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine.]
Wikidata
Fulminate
Fulminates are chemical compounds which include the fulminate ion. The fulminate ion, CNO− is a pseudohalic ion, acting like a halogen with its charge and reactivity. Due to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives. The best known is mercury fulminate, which has been used as a primary explosive in detonators. Fulminates can be formed from metals, such as silver and mercury, dissolved in nitric acid and reacted with ethanol. It is largely the presence of the weak single nitrogen-oxygen bond which leads to its instability. Nitrogen very easily forms a stable triple bond to another nitrogen atom, forming gaseous nitrogen.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fulminate
ful′min-āt, v.i. to thunder or make a loud noise: to issue decrees with violence, or with menaces of grave censure.—v.t. to cause to explode: to send forth, as a denunciation—(Milt.) Ful′mine.—n. a compound of fulminic acid with mercury, &c.—adj. Ful′minant, fulminating: (path.) developing suddenly.—n. a thunderbolt, explosive.—adj. Ful′minating, crackling, exploding, detonating.—n. Fulminā′tion, act of fulminating, thundering, or issuing forth: a chemical explosion: a denunciation.—adjs. Ful′minatory; Fulmin′eous, Ful′minous, pertaining to thunder and lightning; Fulmin′ic, pertaining to an acid used in preparing explosive compounds. [L. fulmināre, -ātum—fulmen (for fulgimen), lightning—fulgēre, to shine.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
fulminate
A salt of fulminic acid. Fulminate of mercury is the most useful. It explodes readily by percussion, by a heat of 367° Fahr., when touched with strong sulphuric or nitric acid, by sparks from flint and steel and by the electric spark. It is used for percussion-caps, primers, fuzes, etc. From its peculiar power to produce detonations it is the detonating agent for modern blasting powders, containing nitro-glycerine, also, for gun-cotton. Detonating caps, or exploders, are copper caps containing from 3 to 25 grains of the fulminate. In ordinary blasting, where the tube fuze is used, the cap is placed on the end of the fuze and crimped around it. The cap is then buried a short distance in the blasting charge, or cartridge. See Explosives.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fulminate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fulminate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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