Implosion can refer to:

Physics

Implosion (mechanical process) Implosion is the collapse of an object into itself from a pressure differential or gravitational force. The opposite of explosion (which expands the volume), implosion reduces the volume occupied and concentrates matter and energy. Implosion inv ...

Building implosion A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout ...

Implosion-type nuclear weapon Nuclear weapons design are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There are three existing basic design types: # Pure fission weapons are the simplest, least technically de ...

* In phonetics, an airstream mechanism associated with

implosive consonant Implosive consonants are a group of stop consonants (and possibly also some affricates) with a mixed glottalic ingressive and pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism. That is, the airstream is controlled by moving the glottis downward in additi ...

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Gravitational collapse Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical object due to the influence of its own gravity, which tends to draw matter inward toward the center of gravity. Gravitational collapse is a fundamental mechanism for structure formati ...

(and more specifically, core collapse) in cosmology * Parabolic implosion in

complex dynamics Complex dynamics, or holomorphic dynamics, is the study of dynamical systems obtained by Iterated function, iterating a complex analytic mapping. This article focuses on the case of algebraic dynamics, where a polynomial or rational function is it ...

Art, entertainment and media

Books

* ''Implosion'' (novel), by D. F. Jones *''Implosion'', book by

Kathy Acker Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 isputed– November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, critic, performance artist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that deal ...

Mark Magill 1983 *''Implosion'', romantic novel by Berinn Rae Crimson Romance 2013 *''Implosion'', non-fiction book by Joel C. Rosenberg

Film and TV

*''Implosion'', 1983 short film directed by E. Elias Merhige *''Implosion'', 2009 German film with Marie Tourell Søderberg *''Implosion'', 2011 German film with

Eriq Ebouaney Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film '' Lumumba'', as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's ''Femme Fatale'' and as "Ice" in the 2008 ...

*''Implosion'', a 2016 film by Steven Woloshen

Music

*''Implosion'', album by Cybotron (Australian band) Aztec Music 2005 *''Implosion'', album by

False Prophets (band) False Prophets were an American, New York City-based, punk rock/hardcore punk band which formed in 1980. The original members were Stephan Ielpi (vocals), Steve Wishnia (bass), Peter Campbell (guitar) and Matt Superty (drums). History The False ...

Alternative Tentacles 1987 * '' ''Implosions'' (album)'', album by Stephan Micus 1977 *''Implosions'', album by

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fus ...

1987 *''Implosions'', video album by

1987

Video games