gun·cot·ton

(gŭn′kŏt′n)

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guncotton

(ˈɡʌnˌkɒtən)

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) cellulose nitrate containing a relatively large amount of nitrogen: used as an explosive

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gun•cot•ton

(ˈgʌnˌkɒt n)

n.

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.

[1840–50]

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Noun

guncotton - a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives

cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton

blasting gelatin - mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin

cordite - explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords

cellulose ester - any ester of cellulose with an acid

pyrocellulose - nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder

pyroxylin, pyroxyline - highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers

celluloid - highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics

nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

Translations

guncotton

[ˈgʌnˌkɒtn] N → algodón m pólvora

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