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fuze setter

fuze setter

8.6
A device that adjusts when a military shell explodes
  • noun
  • /fjuz ˈsɛtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ajustador de fusibles
  • The technician carefully used the fuze setter to prepare the shells before loading them into the gun.

Examples

  • Modern artillery systems often feature an automated fuze setter integrated with fire control computers.

  • After each drill, soldiers were trained to check the fuze setter for calibration and accuracy.

  • The fuze setter was essential for the artillery operation.

  • Can you hand me the fuze setter?

  • The technician carefully used the fuze setter to prepare the shells before loading them into the gun.

  • After each drill, soldiers were trained to check the fuze setter for calibration and accuracy.

  • Modern artillery systems often feature an automated fuze setter integrated with fire control computers.

Synonyms

fuse setter
vsfuze setter
  • Specialized
8.6

A device that sets the time when a shell from a large gun will explode

is the same meaning but spelled with z rather than s
fuse indicator regulator
vsfuze setter
  • Specialized
9.9

A tool that sets the time when an artillery shell will explode

is a general device for setting mechanical timing on artillery projectiles

Surface Forms

fuze setter singular
fuze setters plural

Morphology

fuze + setter

The compound is directly compositional: 'fuze' (a munition ignition/timing device) plus the agentive/productive '-setter' (one or something that sets) yields a device that sets fuze timing. Even though the phrase is technical, a learner who knows both constituent meanings can accurately infer the MWE meaning, so its semantics are predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Fuze setter comes from a simple, literal image: a tool called the setter, which adjusts the small fuze, the part that makes a shell explode, so it will go off at a chosen time. That's why the name means 'a device that sets the timing' on mechanical fuzes.