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Enhanced Nuclear Detonation System
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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Enhanced Nuclear Detonation System formal name for the so-called “neutron bomb,” a nuclear weapon capable of destroying living things while leaving material objects and infrastructure relatively undamaged.
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The chemistry of detonators - what's behind the bang.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...system allows all of the detonators in the blast to be...simultaneously, with each detonator then firing at a slightly...the nonelectric delay detonator, which has become the dominant type of detonator in the commercial explosives...products such as electric detonators and safety fuse ...
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NVIDIA Detonator XP Unleashes Power and Features of NVIDIA GPUs.
PR Newswire; 9/10/2001; 700+ words
; ...announced today the availability of its Detonator(TM) XP unified driver for it's award...graphics processing units (GPUs). Detonator XP includes specific technology designed...2000, and Windows Me environments. Detonator XP is available free of charge, and...
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NVIDIA Unleashes New Detonator FX; Unified Driver Architecture Delivers Increased Performance and Improved Image Quality for all NVIDIA Graphics Products.
PR Newswire; 5/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...solutions, today released the NVIDIA(R) Detonator(TM) FX unified drivers for the Company...processing units (GPUs). The NVIDIA Detonator FX is based on the Company's world...prnh/20020613/NVDALOGO ) The NVIDIA Detonator FX drivers deliver significant performance...
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NVIDIA unleashes new Detonator FX.
PR Newswire; 5/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...solutions, today released the NVIDIA(R) Detonator(TM) FX unified drivers for the Company...processing units (GPUs). The NVIDIA Detonator FX is based on the Company's world...prnh/20020613/NVDALOGO ) The NVIDIA Detonator FX drivers deliver significant performance...
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Detonators win 2 of 3 in Manheim Twp. Tournament
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 1/17/2007; 588 words
; ...attack and provide the Detonator midfield and attackers...Hours later, the Detonators took the field and...for the battle-worn Detonators. Cicala was the game...only scores in the Detonator's 3-0 win over...almost in darkness, the Detonators played their final...
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Swedish Inventors Develop Flexible Detonator System
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/18/2006; 522 words
; ...electronic detonator system and...electronic detonators. According...connects the detonators to the control...electronic detonator includes a...electronic detonator. When reading...electronic detonators give responses...
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NVIDIA Detonator XP Earns Full Certification for Windows XP.
PR Newswire; 10/15/2001; 700+ words
; Detonator XP Driver Architecture Certified Software...Nasdaq: NVDA) announced today that its Detonator XP unified driver architecture (UDA...processors. The WHQL certification enables Detonator XP to carry the "Designed for Windows...
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Detonators from Kerala finding way into Sri Lanka?
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/10/2007; 464 words
; ...the recovery of a large quantity of detonators at a bus stand here suspect that the...Lanka. A gunny bag containing 10,000 detonators, placed in 100 boxes, was found at...Nadu police. "Najeeb used to take the detonators to Meenakshipuram in Tamil Nadu and...
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WA: Powerful detonators have been stolen, say police
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 6/7/2007; 261 words
; ...Australia) 06-07-2007 WA: Powerful detonators have been stolen, say police PERTH...Powerful and potentially dangerous detonators have been stolen from a railway work...the circular 75mm bright orange rail detonators were stolen from a flat top truck between...
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Detonator should blow away his rivals.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...on to the recent Johnston revival via Detonator in the 1m6f handicap at Sandown (5...thoroughly accustomed. The three-year-old Detonator ran in June and was one of the 88 rather...stamina as much as his fitness, and Detonator was duly stepped up to 1m4f when next...
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detonator
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
detonator , type of explosive that reacts with great rapidity...mixed with potassium chlorate is a commonly used detonator. The word is also applied to equipment which...or pressure, is used to set off a chemical detonator.
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Austin Powder Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Austin International. Other subsidiaries include Austin Star Detonator, which offers electric and non-electric detonators, and Austin Detonator, which manufactures detonators in the Czech Republic for sale in Europe and elsewhere. Austin...
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Women Working in World War II (1941, by Peggy Terry)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...remember the building where they dropped in the detonator. These detonators are little black things about the size of a thumb...anybody!" They were afraid you'd step on the detonator. We were down on our hands and knees crawling out...
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Explosives
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...and amplify the shock-wave from the detonator to the main charge. They are necessary...insensitive and the shockwave created by the detonator would not be enough to initiate the main...Thus, the booster is placed after the detonator and amplifies this detonation, initiating...
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Dynamite
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...measured charges, transported easily, and, with the proper detonator, exploded safely. Because a dynamite explosion creates a...is classified as a Secondary High Explosive, which means a detonator of Primary or Initiating High Explosive (mercury fulminate...
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