The action of a device used as the first element of an explosive train which, upon receipt of the proper impulse, causes the detonation or burning of an explosive item. 2. The action which sets off a chain reaction in a fissile mass which has reached the critical state .

adverb (prefixed to a comparative means "thereby" or 'by so much', e.g. What student is the better for mastering these futile distinctions? This combination can enter into the further construction seen in The more the merrier (i.e. 'by how much more, by that much merrier'). It cannot enter into a construction with than: the tendency to insert it before more and less (putting any the more, none the less for anymore, no less) should be resisted, e.g. in The intellectual release had been no less (not one the less) marked than the physical. - The Oxford Guide to English Usage Alexander Demidov)

abbr., slang

teh (использование слова teh вместо the указывает на несерьёзность сказанного Adrax)

The [θi:] abbr.

abbr., org.name.

Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Small Hydro Power

The action of a

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Chemistry	1
Communications	2
Education	2
Electronics	1
Energy industry	1
Environment	5
Finances	1
Information technology	2
Law	13
Marketing	1
Politics	1
Research and development	1
Transport	5

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action
comp., MS	azione
cultur. industr. construct.	materiale sonoro
IT dat.proc.	azione di archivio di file
lab.law.	strumento di lotta
med.	azione; effetto
polit. law	ricorso


used
gen.	abituato


as
gen.	da


first
gen.	per primo


element
construct.	modulo