implosion

• اسم يشير إلى انهيار أو انطواء مفاجئ نحو الداخل، ويُستخدم في الفيزياء لوصف انضغاط الجسم أو انهياره إلى داخله، وفي علم الأصوات لوصف المرحلة الأولى من النطق بإغلاق المخرج دون انفجار هوائي.

A noun referring to a sudden inward collapse or bursting inward, often used in physics or phonetics to describe a process of compression or the initial phase of a stop consonant.

1. Sudden inward collapseC1formal

   A violent or rapid collapse inward, often caused by external pressure or internal failure.

   انهيار داخلي مفاجئ

   • The building's implosion was carefully planned by demolition experts.
   • The submarine suffered a catastrophic implosion due to the immense water pressure.
   • The implosion of the star created a black hole.

   المرادفاتcave incollapsecompressionconstrictioncrushdeflation

   الأضدادeruptionexpansionexplosionoutburst

2. Linguistic termC2formal

   The initial phase of a stop consonant where air is drawn inward before the release.

   انطباق

   • In phonetics, implosion describes the inward airflow during the articulation of certain consonants.
   • The linguist analyzed the implosion of the voiced stop in the language.
   • Understanding implosion is key to mastering the pronunciation of some African languages.