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Definition of Plosion
1. Noun. The terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant.
Generic synonyms: Release, Tone Ending
Group relationships: Occlusive, Plosive, Plosive Consonant, Plosive Speech Sound, Stop, Stop Consonant
Derivative terms: Explode
Definition of Plosion
1. Noun. (phonetics) Pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plosion
1. a release of breath after the articulation of certain consonants [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plosion
Literary usage of Plosion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures Within and Beyond the Union Lines by Junius Henri Browne (1865)
"Ex. plosion on Board the Lancaster.—Casualties on both Sides.—Bohemian Reflections
on Running Batteries. AT the commencement of the siege of Vicksburg, ..."
2. The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson (1808)
"Treat Britain—His declared Aversion to Political Parties—State of Holland—Aversion
of the King to follow up the Edicts of Bonaparte—Ex- plosion at Ley ..."
3. The United States Navy in the World War: Official Pictures Selected from the by James Clayton Russell, William Emmet Moore (1921)
"While the ship seen in the picture is not the Mount Vernon, ihr «plosion of depth
bombs is strikingly visualized. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"CHEMISTRY. even when the substances are under water, я violent ex- ' plosion
sometimes takes place, from the sudden formation and extrication of the ..."
5. On the Safety Lamp for Coal Miners by Humphry Davy (1825)
"On the effects of the mixture of different gases in ex* plosion and combustion.
In my first Paper on the fire-damp of coal mines, I have mentioned that ..."
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