implosion

im·plo·sion  (m-plzhn)

n.

1. A violent collapse inward, as of a highly evacuated glass vessel.

2. Violent compression.

3. The inward collapse of a building that is being demolished in a controlled fashion by the weakening and breaking of structural members by explosives.

4. Linguistics The pronunciation of a stop consonant with the breath drawn in.

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[in- + (ex)plosion.]

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implosion [ɪmˈpləʊʒən]

n

1. (Physics / General Physics) the act or process of imploding the implosion of a light bulb

2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics the suction or inhalation of breath employed in the pronunciation of an ingressive consonant

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	implosion - a sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb" collapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity" gravitational collapse - the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object
	2.	implosion - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant blockage, occlusion, closure - the act of blocking occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant, stop - a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

Translations

implosion [ɪmˈpləʊʒən] N → implosión f (also Phon)

implosion

n → Implosion f