/te"tril/ , n. Chem.
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
Also, tetralite . Also called nitramine, trinitrophenylmethylnitramine .
[ 1855-60; TETR- + -YL ]