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brisant

English

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Etymology

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Adjective

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brisant (not comparable)

  1. (of an explosion or explosive) Having a shattering effect.
    • 1893, Charles E. Munroe, Notes on the Literature of Explosives, No. XXIII: Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, Volume 18, page 123:
      The use of gun-cotton proper (trinitrocellulose) could not be thought of, owing to the brisant action of this body, but it was found that collodion-wool (dinitrocellulose, soluble gun-cotton), which was less brisant, could be converted into a nearly homogeneous mass which satisfied many of the requirements of a smoke-free powder, but it was still so brisant when used alone as to produce too high gas pressures and too irregular initial velocities.
    • 1959, Mitchel H. Bertram, William V. Feller, Memorandum 5-24-59L: A Simple Method for Determining Heat Transfer, Skin Friction, and Boundary-Layer Thickness for Hypersonic Laminar Boundary-Layer Flows in a Pressure Gradient, NASA, 5,
      At the start of the run a shattering or "brisant" detonation occurred in the line between the oxidant control valve (number 5, fig. 2(a)) and the oxidant tank. […] The propellant tank showed evidence of high internal pressure but no brisant detonation.
    • 1962, NAVWEPS OP [Ordnance Pamphlet] 2212: Demolition Materials, Bureau of Naval Weapons, pages 6–12:
      Two charges should be used: a cratering charge, and a small charge of a brisant explosive.
    • 2016, Materials Analysis in Forensic Science‎[1]:
      It is highly brisant with a VoD of 7300 ms-1 at a charge density of approximately 1.5 g cm-3.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brisant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /briˈzɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bri‧sant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

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brisant (comparative brisanter, superlative brisantst)

  1. fast, snappy, explosive

Declension

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Declension of brisant
uninflected brisant
inflected brisante
comparative brisanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial brisant brisanter het brisantst
het brisantste
indefinite m./f. sing. brisante brisantere brisantste
n. sing. brisant brisanter brisantste
plural brisante brisantere brisantste
definite brisante brisantere brisantste
partitive brisants brisanters —

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French

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Participle

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brisant

  1. present participle of briser

Descendants

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  • → English: brisance
  • → German: brisant
  • → German: Brisanz

Noun

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brisant m (plural brisants)

  1. reef
  2. breaker (wave)

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brisant.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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brisant (strong nominative masculine singular brisanter, comparative brisanter, superlative am brisantesten)

  1. controversial
  2. volatile
  3. (figuratively) explosive

Declension

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Positive forms of brisant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist brisant sie ist brisant es ist brisant sie sind brisant
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative brisanter brisante brisantes brisante
genitive brisanten brisanter brisanten brisanter
dative brisantem brisanter brisantem brisanten
accusative brisanten brisante brisantes brisante
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der brisante die brisante das brisante die brisanten
genitive des brisanten der brisanten des brisanten der brisanten
dative dem brisanten der brisanten dem brisanten den brisanten
accusative den brisanten die brisante das brisante die brisanten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein brisanter eine brisante ein brisantes (keine) brisanten
genitive eines brisanten einer brisanten eines brisanten (keiner) brisanten
dative einem brisanten einer brisanten einem brisanten (keinen) brisanten
accusative einen brisanten eine brisante ein brisantes (keine) brisanten
Comparative forms of brisant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist brisanter sie ist brisanter es ist brisanter sie sind brisanter
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative brisanterer brisantere brisanteres brisantere
genitive brisanteren brisanterer brisanteren brisanterer
dative brisanterem brisanterer brisanterem brisanteren
accusative brisanteren brisantere brisanteres brisantere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der brisantere die brisantere das brisantere die brisanteren
genitive des brisanteren der brisanteren des brisanteren der brisanteren
dative dem brisanteren der brisanteren dem brisanteren den brisanteren
accusative den brisanteren die brisantere das brisantere die brisanteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein brisanterer eine brisantere ein brisanteres (keine) brisanteren
genitive eines brisanteren einer brisanteren eines brisanteren (keiner) brisanteren
dative einem brisanteren einer brisanteren einem brisanteren (keinen) brisanteren
accusative einen brisanteren eine brisantere ein brisanteres (keine) brisanteren
Superlative forms of brisant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am brisantesten sie ist am brisantesten es ist am brisantesten sie sind am brisantesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative brisantester brisanteste brisantestes brisanteste
genitive brisantesten brisantester brisantesten brisantester
dative brisantestem brisantester brisantestem brisantesten
accusative brisantesten brisanteste brisantestes brisanteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der brisanteste die brisanteste das brisanteste die brisantesten
genitive des brisantesten der brisantesten des brisantesten der brisantesten
dative dem brisantesten der brisantesten dem brisantesten den brisantesten
accusative den brisantesten die brisanteste das brisanteste die brisantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein brisantester eine brisanteste ein brisantestes (keine) brisantesten
genitive eines brisantesten einer brisantesten eines brisantesten (keiner) brisantesten
dative einem brisantesten einer brisantesten einem brisantesten (keinen) brisantesten
accusative einen brisantesten eine brisanteste ein brisantestes (keine) brisantesten

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “brisant” in Duden online
  • “brisant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Adjective

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brisant (not comparable)

  1. highly explosive

Declension

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Inflection of brisant
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular brisant — —
neuter singular brisant — —
plural brisanta — —
masculine plural2 brisante — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 brisante — —
all brisanta — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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