LYDDITE


Meaning of LYDDITE in English

/lid"uyt/ , n. Chem.

a high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid.

[ 1885-90; named after Lydd, borough in SE England near the site where it was first tested; see -ITE 1 ]

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