touch paper

touch paper
[ʹtʌtʃ͵peıpə]
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  • Touch-paper — Touch pa per, n. Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • touch paper — also touchpaper PHRASE: V inflects If someone lights the touch paper or lights the blue touch paper, they do something which causes anger or excitement. [BRIT, JOURNALISM] This kind of remark is guaranteed to light the blue touch paper with some… …   English dictionary

  • touch paper — noun Etymology: touch + paper : paper impregnated with potassium nitrate that burns steadily without flame and is used to aid the ignition of small fireworks * * * paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting… …   Useful english dictionary

  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks. [1740 50] * * * …   Universalium

  • touch-paper — noun a strip of paper impregnated with nitre used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc …   Wiktionary

  • touch — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more points. 2 tr. (often foll. by with) bring the hand etc. into contact with (touched her arm). 3 a intr. (of two things etc.) be in or come into contact with… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Paper Lace — was a Nottingham based pop group, formed in 1969. They are known to Americans as a one hit wonder; however, in the UK they were a classic two and a half hit wonder (Sendra, 2006). The core of the band originally formed in 1967 as Music Box, but… …   Wikipedia

  • Paper Lace — Годы 1969 1975 1978 Страна …   Википедия

  • Touch user interface — A Touch User Interface (TUI) is a computer pointing technology based upon the sense of touch (haptics). Whereas a graphical user interface (GUI) relies upon the sense of sight, the TUI enables not only the sense of touch to innervate and activate …   Wikipedia

  • Touch Me I'm Sick — Infobox Single Name = Touch Me I m Sick Artist = Mudhoney from Album = A side = Touch Me I m Sick B side = Sweet Young Thing Ain t Sweet No More Released = August 1, 1988 Format = 7 vinyl Recorded = March 1988 at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle,… …   Wikipedia

  • Touch screen filter — This is an article describing the EMI and Optics filters that can be manufactured and incorporated onto touch screens. A number of filters and light guides into touch panels to achieve a variety of applications. In addition, all of these… …   Wikipedia


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