explosiveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/, /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ɛkˈsploʊsɪv/, /ɪkˈsploʊsɪv/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ekˈspləʉsɪv/, /ekˈsplɐʉsɪv/, /ɪkˈspləʉsɪv/, /ɪkˈsplɐʉsɪv/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ekˈsplɐʉsɪv/, /ɪkˈsplɐʉsɪv/

形容詞

explosive (comparative more explosive, superlative most explosive)

1. Able to, or likely to, explode.

   Antonyms: implosive; inert; nonflammable

   Coordinate terms: incendiary; flammable

   an explosive device

2. Having the character of an explosion.

   an explosive fire

   1. (cellular automata) Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
      • 1992 June 2, Dave Boll, “Variations on Conway's LIFE”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎ (Usenet):

        Notes: A rule set that (very probably) results in explosive growth; certainly in area if not population.

      • 1994 April 4, Robert Andreen, “CA rules”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎ (Usenet):

        For example, putting a 1 at (0: 1,1) will cause explosive growth in all directions, putting a 1 at (0: 0,2A) will cause pairs of diagonal cells in a 2x2 square to alternate on and off, putting a 1 at (1: 4,4) will cause all solid 1 areas to stay 1 for another cycle, etc.

      • 2003 May 12, Ilmari Karonen, “Gliders in 4-neighbor semitotalistic 2D cellular automata”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎ (Usenet):

        If the rule is further chosen so that active cells can (and must) expand on an inactive background but inactive cells can't do so on an active background (or vice versa), then non-explosive growth becomes possible.

3. (figurative) Rapidly accelerating.

   Near-synonym: plyometric

   explosive movements

4. (figurative) Shocking; startling.

   an explosive accusation

5. (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.

   He has an explosive personality.

6. (phonetics, archaic) Synonym of plosive.

   the explosive consonants

派生語

関連する語

• explode

名詞

explosive (plural explosives)

1. Any explosive substance.
2. (linguistics, dated) A plosive.
   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

     The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance. The open a sound was predominant, and the explosives k and g.

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