guncotton

guncotton
/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; GUN1 + COTTON]

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  • guncotton — noun Date: 1846 nitrocellulose; especially an explosive highly nitrated product used chiefly in smokeless powder …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • guncotton — noun nitrocellulose …   Wiktionary

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  • guncotton — n. highly explosive compound …   English contemporary dictionary

  • guncotton — noun a highly nitrated form of nitrocellulose, used as an explosive …   English new terms dictionary

  • guncotton — gun•cot•ton [[t]ˈgʌnˌkɒt n[/t]] n. chem. a highly explosive nitrocellulose made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulfuric acid and used in making smokeless powder • Etymology: 1840–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • guncotton — /ˈgʌnkɒtn/ (say gunkotn) noun a highly explosive cellulose nitrate, made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulphuric acid …  

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