Usually means: Explosive cord for transmitting detonation.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (detonating cord)

noun:  An explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives).

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