The action of a device used as the first element of an explosive train which, upon receipt of the proper impulse, causes the detonation or burning of an explosive item. 2. The action which sets off a chain reaction in a fissile mass which has reached the critical state .

adverb (prefixed to a comparative means "thereby" or 'by so much', e.g. What student is the better for mastering these futile distinctions? This combination can enter into the further construction seen in The more the merrier (i.e. 'by how much more, by that much merrier'). It cannot enter into a construction with than: the tendency to insert it before more and less (putting any the more, none the less for anymore, no less) should be resisted, e.g. in The intellectual release had been no less (not one the less) marked than the physical. - The Oxford Guide to English Usage Alexander Demidov)

abbr., slang

teh (использование слова teh вместо the указывает на несерьёзность сказанного Adrax)

The [θi:] abbr.

abbr., org.name.

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The action of a: 48 phrases in 16 subjects

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action
gen.	gerichtliche Klage; weiteres Vorgehen; Action; Mechanik


of a
gen.	einer


as
tech.	ebenfalls


of
gen.	von


an
gen.	ein