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black match (plural black matches)
- A pyrotechnic fuse consisting of a cotton string, coated with black powder.
- Coordinate terms: (just a cotton string) slow match, (black match confined to a tube) quick match
2012 October, K.L. Kosanke, Barry T. Sturman, Robert M. Winokur, B.J. Kosanke, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Pyrotechnics: (and Related Subjects), Journal of Pyrotechnics, →ISBN, page 917:The burning of quick match is an example of propagative (i.e., pressure-driven) burning, whereas the burning of black match is described as parallel burning (see burn type, pyrotechnic).
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