GUNCOTTON

Meaning of GUNCOTTON in English

/gun"kot'n/ , n.

a highly explosive cellulose nitrate, made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulfuric acid: used in making smokeless powder.

[ 1840-50; GUN 1 + COTTON ]

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GUNCOTTON — noun Date: 1846 nitrocellulose
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GUNCOTTON — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : any of various cellulose nitrates ; especially : an explosive consisting of a higher-nitrated product (as one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUNCOTTON — () See under Gun.
Английский словарь Webster
GUNCOTTON — See under Gun.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GUNCOTTON — n. highly explosive compound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GUNCOTTON — noun Date: 1846 : nitrocellulose ; especially : an explosive highly nitrated product used chiefly in smokeless powder
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GUNCOTTON — see under gun.
Webster English vocab
GUNCOTTON — ■ noun a highly nitrated form of nitrocellulose, used as an explosive.
Concise Oxford English vocab
GUNCOTTON — [gun.cot.ton] n (1846): nitrocellulose; esp: an explosive highly nitrated product used chiefly in smokeless powder
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GUNCOTTON — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ kä-t ə n Function: noun Date: 1846 : NITROCELLULOSE especially : an explosive highly nitrated product …
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SOLUBLE GUNCOTTON — noun or soluble cotton : pyroxylin 1
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FULMICOTON — fulmi·coton n guncotton
Interlingua English vocab
CORDITE — noun Date: 1889 a smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and a petroleum substance usually gelatinized by addition of acetone …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOLUBLE COTTON — noun see soluble guncotton
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TONITE — ˈtōˌnīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ton- (from Latin tonare to thunder) + -ite : a blasting …
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PYROXYLIN — pīˈräksələ̇n, pə̇ˈr- noun also py·rox·y·line “, -ˌlēn ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + xyl- + -in or …
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PYROCELLULOSE — |pī(ˌ)rō+ noun Etymology: pyr- + cellulose : cellulose nitrate that is of lower degree of nitration than guncotton and that …
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PULPER — ˈpəlpə(r) noun ( -s ) : one that makes, grinds, mixes, or removes pulp : one that reduces something (as …
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POUDRE B — |pau̇də(r)|bē, |püdrə|bē noun Etymology: French, from poudre powder + B, initial letter of the surname of Georges Ernest Jean Marie …
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NITRO POWDER — noun : an explosive powder made from nitrated organic materials (as guncotton, smokeless powder)
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NITROCOTTON — “+ noun : cellulose nitrate made from cotton ; especially : guncotton
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INDURITE — ˈind(y)əˌrīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: indurate (II) + -ite : a smokeless powder made by treating guncotton with nitrobenzene
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COTTON POWDER — noun : an explosive (as tonite) in which guncotton is a prominent ingredient
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CORDITE — ˈkȯrˌdīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: cord (I) + -ite : a smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral …
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CELLULOSE NITRATE — noun 1. : any of several esters that are obtained as white fibrous flammable solids by the nitration of cellulose …
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CORDITE — (n.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other …
Английский словарь Webster
SMOKELESS POWDER — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, esp. one composed wholly or mostly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PYROXYLIN — /puy rok"seuh lin, peuh-/ , n. a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of …
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GUNPAPER — /gun"pay'peuhr/ , n. Mil. a type of paper treated with nitric acid so that it has a composition similar to …
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CORDITE — noun Date: 1889 : a smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and a petroleum substance usually gelatinized by addition of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NITROCELLULOSE — also called Cellulose Nitrate, a mixture of nitric esters of cellulose, and a highly flammable compound that is the main …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCHONBEIN, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH — born Oct. 18, 1799, Metzingen, Swabia died Aug. 29, 1868, Sauersberg, near Baden-Baden German chemist who discovered and named ozone …
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