PYROXYLIN


Meaning of PYROXYLIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pī-ˈräk-sə-lən, pə- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + Greek xylon wood

Date: circa 1847

1. : a flammable mixture of nitrocelluloses used especially in making plastics and water-repellent coatings (as lacquers)

2. : a pyroxylin product

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.