guncotton powder

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

• 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] * * * …   Universalium

• 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

• 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

• 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

• nitro powder — noun : an explosive powder made from nitrated organic materials (as guncotton, smokeless powder) …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• 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 — /smoʊkləs ˈpaʊdə/ (say smohkluhs powduh) noun any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder which give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton …  

• cotton powder — noun : an explosive (as tonite) in which guncotton is a prominent ingredient …   Useful english dictionary

• Nitrocellulose — Nitrocellulose[1] …   Wikipedia