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H-bomb   /eɪtʃ-bɑm/   Listen
H-bomb

noun
1.
A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium.  Synonyms: fusion bomb, hydrogen bomb, thermonuclear bomb.





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... blastoff, the generators powered by the rocket-engines had better be able to take over, because if the magnetic field collapsed and that fifty-kilo chunk of negative-proton matter came in contact with natural positive-proton matter, an old-fashioned H-bomb would be a firecracker to what would happen. Just one hundred kilos of pure, two-hundred ...
— The Answer • Henry Beam Piper


Words linked to "H-bomb" :   atomic weapon, fusion bomb, bomb, nuclear weapon


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