PETN

Meaning of PETN in English

noun

( -s )

Etymology: p enta e rythritol t etra n itrate

: pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PETN — abbreviation petition
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PETN — See pentaerythritol tetranitrate .
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PETN — abbreviation of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, a highly explosive organic compound belonging to the same chemical family as nitroglycerin-i.e., the nitric acid …
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PETN — Тетранитропентаэритрит
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PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE — noun : a crystalline ester C(CH 2 ONO 2 ) 4 made by nitrating pentaerythritol and used as a powerful …
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PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE — Chem., Pharm. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as …
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FORMALDEHYDE — also called methanal (formulated HCHO) an organic compound, the simplest of the aldehydes, used in large amounts in a variety …
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EXPLOSIVE — any substance or device that can be made to produce a volume of rapidly expanding gas in an extremely brief …
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BREADNUT — ( genusBrosimum ) also called milk tree or ramon prolific trees closely related to the breadfruit and found widely in …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: ANTHROPOLOGY-AND-ARCHAEOLOGY — ARCHAEOLOGY Prevailing political turmoil continued to close off the possibility for archaeological fieldwork in many parts of the Old World …
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TIKAL — city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilization. The largest urban centre in the southern Maya lowlands, it stood …
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PETEN ITZA, LAKE — Spanish Lago Petn Itz, lake, northern Guatemala, 160 miles (260 km) northeast of Guatemala City. A depression in the low …
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PETEN — region of northern Guatemala, bounded on the north and west by Mexico and on the east by Belize. It constitutes …
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MIDDLE AMERICAN INDIAN — member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the area from northern Mexico to Nicaragua. The physical spine of Middle …
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GUATEMALA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from colonial times to the present. The origin of the name Guatemala is Indian, but its …
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FLORES — departamento, south-central Uruguay. The rolling hills of the territory culminate in the eastwest-trending Grande Inferior Range (Cuchilla Grande Inferior) and …
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CENTRAL AMERICA, HISTORY OF
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ТЕТРАНИТРОПЕНТАЭРИТРИТ — PETN
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ПЕНТИЛ — PETN
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