trigger mechanism
What starts discharge
A trigger mechanism is the system of parts that fires a weapon when the trigger is pulled.
Extended to any device or arrangement that initiates a larger action: The timer served as a trigger mechanism for the explosives.
Figuratively, it describes what sets off a chain of events: Rising unemployment was the trigger mechanism for the protests.
- searBurn the outside
- leverPivoting bar for lifting
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- spring loadedPowered by compressed coil
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
barrel · hammer · dead man's switch · fail safe · stock · solenoid · ammunition · firing pin · stimulus · flintlock · double-action · rifle · escapement · pistol · circuit breaker · toggle switch · firearm · lock and load
- triggerssear, single action, double action, firing pin, striker
- gun partsbarrel, barrels, triggers, bolt, bolts
- gunsmithinggunsmith, gunsmithing, bluing, chambering, checkering
- spearfishingspearfishing, speargun, harpoon, spear tip, spear tips
- rocket launchersrocket launcher, RPG, bazooka, shoulder-fired, rocket artillery
- trapstrap, bear trap, mousetrap, rat trap, ant trap
trigger mechanismsafety mechanism
Feature preventing unintended operation
locking mechanism · inhibitor · safety catch · safety lock · brake
trigger mechanismend result
Ultimate consequence of events
outcome · effect · consequence · endpoint · stopping point