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trinitrotoluene

trinitrotoluene

See also: trinitrotoluène

English

Noun

trinitrotoluene ‎(plural trinitrotoluenes)

A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH₃C₆H₂(NO₂)₃), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene

Derived terms

TNT

Translations

a highly explosive yellow crystalline substance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 三硝基甲苯 (zh) ‎(sānxiāojījiǎběn)
Czech: trinitrotoluen m
Finnish: trinitrotolueeni, trotyyli
French: trinitrotoluène (fr) m
German: Trinitrotoluol (de) n

Hungarian: trinitrotoluol
Irish: trínítreatolúéin f
Japanese: トリニトロトルエン ‎(torinitorotoruen)
Malay: trinitrotoluena
Russian: тринитротолуо́л (ru) m ‎(trinitrotoluól), троти́л (ru) m ‎(trotíl)

Italian

Etymology

tri- +‎ nitro- +‎ toluene

Noun

trinitrotoluene m ‎(plural trinitrotolueni)

(organic chemistry) trinitrotoluene