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Webster 1913 Edition
pyroxylin
py-rox′y-lin
,Noun.
(Chem.)
A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; – called also
pyroxyle
. Definition 2025
pyroxylin
pyroxylin
English
Noun
pyroxylin (countable and uncountable, plural pyroxylins)
- (organic chemistry) A highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers.
Translations
form of nitrocellulose
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