Explore Fuze through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like fuse or fusee. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Fuze meaning
- An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition.
- Alternative spelling of fuse.
Using Fuze
- The main meaning on this page is: An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition. | Alternative spelling of fuse.
- Useful related words include: fuse, fusee, fuzee, primer.
- In the example corpus, fuze often appears in combinations such as: the fuze, fuze setter, fuze setting.
Context around Fuze
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fuze
- In this selection, "fuze" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, induction, used, correct, setter, length and setting stand out and add context to how "fuze" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a borman fuze and a contact fuze in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fuze" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fuze
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fuze Band will perform. (4 words)
It is fitted with a Borman fuze. (7 words)
A new type of artillery fuze will appear soon. (9 words)
Shrapnel's innovation was to combine the multi-projectile shotgun effect of canister shot, with a time fuze to open the canister and disperse the bullets it contained at some distance along the canister's trajectory from the gun. (39 words)
The AGM-65 has two types of warhead: one has a contact fuze in the nose, the other has a heavyweight warhead fitted with a delayed-action fuze, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before detonating. (38 words)
It used a much thinner forged steel shell case with a timer fuze in the nose and a tube running through the centre to convey the ignition flash to a gunpowder bursting charge in the shell base. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Later versions introduced induction fuze setting and testing instead of physically placing a fuze setter on the fuze.
However, the British used fuze indicators at each gun that determined the correct fuze running time (length) corrected for muzzle velocity.
The AGM-65 has two types of warhead: one has a contact fuze in the nose, the other has a heavyweight warhead fitted with a delayed-action fuze, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before detonating.
This is done just before firing using either a wrench or a fuze setter pre-set to the required fuze length.
Facilitated by Executive Director of Art & Culture at Baha Mar, FUZE focuses on decentralizing the art market and creating an epicenter for Bahamian art and the surrounding regions.
Fuze Band will perform.
He has used his contacts to build a strong management team at Drive Fuze, where he insists he is 'a passive investor'.
Short-Fuze could be an interesting character to add to the series as a foil to Snake Eyes.
The CAG also hauled up ordnance factories for their poor quality, holding them responsible for 18 accidents during training from six different types of ammunition, mainly due to fuze related defects.
Airburst fuzes have to have the fuze length (running time) set on them.
A new type of artillery fuze will appear soon.
Another anti-sweeping mechanism is a ship-counter in the mine fuze.
Anti-tank mines which employ a tilt-rod fuze are also designed to detonate directly underneath the glacis plate.
Bursting shells use various types of fuze depending on the nature of the payload and the tactical need at the time.
Detonation can be triggered by direct contact with the target or by a proximity fuze incorporating sonar and/or magnetic sensors.
Fuze mechanisms are visible These mines are triggered by the influence of a ship or submarine, rather than direct contact.
In this way, a mine with a passive acoustic fuze can be programmed to ignore all friendly vessels and small enemy vessels, only detonating when a very large enemy target passes over it.
It is fitted with a Borman fuze.
It used a much thinner forged steel shell case with a timer fuze in the nose and a tube running through the centre to convey the ignition flash to a gunpowder bursting charge in the shell base.
Shrapnel's innovation was to combine the multi-projectile shotgun effect of canister shot, with a time fuze to open the canister and disperse the bullets it contained at some distance along the canister's trajectory from the gun.
Common combinations with fuze
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the fuze 8×
- fuze setter 3×
- fuze setting 2×
- fuze in 2×
- fuze which 2×
- fuze length 2×
- mine fuze 2×
- of fuze 2×
- fuze to 2×