- nitroglycerin or nitroglycerine
- ni|tro|glyc|er|in or ni|tro|glyc|er|ine [ ,naıtrou`glısərın ] noun uncounta chemical used for making bombs and some types of medicine
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nitroglycerin or nitroglycerine
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nitroglycerin — or nitroglycerine [nī΄trō glis′ər in, nī΄trəglis′ər in] n. a thick, pale yellow, flammable, explosive oil, C3H5 (ONO2)3, prepared by treating glycerin with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids: used in medicine and in making dynamites and… … English World dictionary
Nitroglycerine — Nitroglycerin Ni tro*glyc er*in, Nitroglycerine Ni tro*glyc er*ine(n[imac] tr[ o]*gl[i^]s [ e]r*[i^]n), n. [Nitro + glycerin.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nitroglycerine — Nitroglycerin Ni tro*glyc er*in, Nitroglycerine Ni tro*glyc er*ine(n[imac] tr[ o]*gl[i^]s [ e]r*[i^]n), n. [Nitro + glycerin.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nitroglycerin — Ni tro*glyc er*in, Nitroglycerine Ni tro*glyc er*ine(n[imac] tr[ o]*gl[i^]s [ e]r*[i^]n), n. [Nitro + glycerin.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nitroglycérine — [ nitrogliserin ] n. f. • 1847; de nitro et glycérine ♦ Trinitrate de glycérine, C3H5(NO3)3, huile jaune qui détone violemment sous le choc et qui est le constituant essentiel de la dynamite. ● nitroglycérine nom féminin Ester trinitrique du… … Encyclopédie Universelle
nitroglycerine — (n.) also nitroglycerin, explosive oily liquid, 1857, from NITRO (Cf. nitro ) + GLYCERIN (Cf. glycerin). So called either because it was obtained by treating glycerine with nitric and sulfuric acids or because it is essentially a nitrate… … Etymology dictionary
nitroglycerin — nitroglycerine UK / US or nitroglycerin UK [ˌnaɪtrəʊˈɡlɪsərɪn] / US [ˌnaɪtroʊˈɡlɪsərɪn] noun [uncountable] chemistry a chemical used for making bombs and some types of medicine … English dictionary
nitroglycerine — UK / US or nitroglycerin UK [ˌnaɪtrəʊˈɡlɪsərɪn] / US [ˌnaɪtroʊˈɡlɪsərɪn] noun [uncountable] chemistry a chemical used for making bombs and some types of medicine … English dictionary
nitroglycerine — (also nitroglycerin) ► NOUN ▪ an explosive yellow liquid made from glycerol, used in dynamite … English terms dictionary
Nitroglycerin — This article is about the chemical properties of nitroglycerin and its use as an explosive. For medical and pharmacological applications, see glyceryl trinitrate (pharmacology). Nitroglycerin … Wikipedia
