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Nitroglycerine
Niˊtro-glyc′er-in
,Niˊtro-glyc′er-ine
(nīˊtrō̍-glĭs′ẽr-ĭn)
, Noun.
[
Nitro-
+ glycerin
.] (Chem.)
A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called
glycerin nitrate
; also called trinitroglycerin
and glyceryl trinitrate
. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion
. [Written also
nitroglycerine
.] ☞ A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as,
dynamite
, or giant powder
, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur
, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder
, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin
, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose
, wood fiber and nitroglycerin. Definition 2024
nitroglycérine
nitroglycérine
See also: nitroglycerine
French
Noun
nitroglycérine f (plural nitroglycérines)
- nitroglycerine (the compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate)