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smokeless gunpowder

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  • Smokeless powder — is the name given to a number of propellants used in firearms and artillery which produce negligible smoke when fired, unlike the older gunpowder (black powder) which they replaced. The basis of the term smokeless is that the combustion products… …   Wikipedia

  • gunpowder — gunpowdery, adj. /gun pow deuhr/, n. 1. an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc. 2. Also called gunpowder tea. a fine variety of green China tea, each… …   Universalium

  • gunpowder — n. 1) smokeless gunpowder 2) a grain of gunpowder * * * [ gʌnˌpaʊdə] a grain of gunpowder smokeless gunpowder …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Gunpowder (disambiguation) — * Gunpowder refers to Gunpowder (Black powder) and Smokeless powder, both used to power firearms. * Gunpowder is also a type of green tea. * Gunpowder is the name of Constable Ichabod Crane s horse in the film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow …   Wikipedia

  • Smokeless powder — Smoke less pow der A high explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, if any, smoke. It is usually based on guncotton. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gunpowder — For other meanings, see gunpowder (disambiguation). Black powder for muzzleloading rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. Coin (diameter 24 mm) for comparison. Gunpowder, also known since in the late 19th century as black powder, was the… …   Wikipedia

  • smokeless powder — noun an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant • Syn: ↑Ballistite • Hypernyms: ↑explosive • Substance Meronyms: ↑pyrocellulose * * * noun : any of …   Useful english dictionary

  • smokeless powder — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, esp. one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

  • smokeless powder — noun An explosive, similar to gunpowder, consisting of nitrocellulose mixed with nitroglycerine or nitroguanidine; it burns with very little smoke …   Wiktionary

  • gunpowder — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. black powder, high explosive, smokeless powder; see explosive …   English dictionary for students

  • smokeless powder — smoke′less pow′der n. mil any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke …   From formal English to slang

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