NITROCOTTON

Meaning of NITROCOTTON in English

/nuy'troh kot"n/ , n. Chem.

See cellulose nitrate .

[ 1895-1900; NITRO- + COTTON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

NITROCOTTON — “+ noun : cellulose nitrate made from cotton ; especially : guncotton
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SOLUBLE NITROCOTTON — noun see soluble nitrocellulose
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SOLUBLE NITROCELLULOSE — noun or soluble nitrocotton : pyroxylin
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CELLULOSE NITRATE — any of a group of nitric esters of cellulose, used in the manufacture of lacquers and explosives. Also called nitrocellulose, …
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