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a high explosive consisting of a gelatinized mass of nitroglycerin with cellulose nitrate added. Also called gelignite, nitrogelatin.[1885-90]
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gelatin dynamite
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gelatin dynamite — noun : a powerful water resistant blasting explosive consisting of a jellylike mass of nitroglycerin and lower nitrated cellulose nitrate incorporated with a base (as wood pulp mixed with sodium nitrate) compare ammonia gelatin, blasting gelatin… … Useful english dictionary
Dynamite gun — A dynamite gun is any of a class of artillery pieces distinguished by their specialized operating mechanism and purpose: they use compressed air to propel an explosive projectile. Dynamite guns were in use for a brief period from the 1880s to the … Wikipedia
ammonia gelatin — noun : an explosive of the gelatin dynamite class containing ammonium nitrate … Useful english dictionary
blasting gelatin — a type of plastic dynamite containing about 7 percent of a cellulose nitrate, used chiefly in underwater work. * * * … Universalium
nitrogelatin — /nuy troh jel euh tn/, n. See gelatin dynamite. [1880 85; NITRO + GELATIN] * * * … Universalium
Forcite — For cite, n. [From 3d {Force}, n.] (Chem.) A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gelignite — /jel ig nuyt /, n. See gelatin dynamite. [GEL(ATIN) + L ign(is) fire + ITE1] * * * … Universalium
ζελατινοδυναμίτιδα — η ισχυρή εκρηκτική ύλη, τύπος δυναμίτιδας που περιλαμβάνει στη σύνθεσή της και νιτροκυτταρίνη. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Μεταφορά στην ελλ. ξεν. όρου (πρβλ. αγγλ. gelatin dynamite)] … Dictionary of Greek
gelignite — gel·ig·nite || dÊ’elɪgnaɪt n. explosive containing nitroglycerin, gelatin dynamite, nitrogelatin … English contemporary dictionary
nitrogelatin — n. gelatin dynamite, explosive made from gelatinized nitroglycerin mixed with cellulose nitrate … English contemporary dictionary
