单词 | nitroglycerine |
释义 | nitroglycerinen. An explosive oily liquid, CH2(NO3)CH(NO3)CH2(NO3), which is obtained by treating glycerol with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, and is used in the manufacture of dynamite and medicinally as a vasodilator. Also called glyceryl trinitrate, trinitroglycerine. Cf. nitro n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun] > other specific explosives powdera1393 gunpowder1411 saltpetre1501 petre1586 halinitre1608 sal-prunella1664 petre-salt1708 xyloidin1838 gun-cotton1846 pyroxyle1847 pyroxylin1847 pyroglycerin1850 xylidine1850 nitroglycerine1852 gun-sawdust1853 picrate1854 trinitroglycerin1864 nitroleum1866 trinitrin1866 dynamite1867 giant-powder1872 dualin1874 fulgurite1874 rendrock1874 glyoxilin1875 lithofracteur1875 trinitro-cellulose1875 white gunpowder1875 gelatin1878 cotton-powder1879 vigorite1879 blasting gelatine1881 Hercules powder1881 saxifragine1881 tonite1881 dynamogen1882 forcite1883 haloxylin1883 jelly powdera1884 nitro-gelatinea1884 panclastite1883 potentite1883 sebastinea1884 kolloxylin1884 hellhoffite1885 rackarock1885 securite1886 kinetite1887 roburite1887 carbo-dynamite1888 fortis1889 gelatine dynamite1889 gelignite1889 seranine1889 straw-dynamite1889 carbonite1890 amberite1891 nitro powder1892 Schnebelite1893 westfalite1894 thorite1899 soup1902 ammonal1903 cheddite1908 trinitrotoluene1908 Samsonite1909 tolite1909 trinitrotoluol1910 trotyl1910 glyceryl trinitrate1912 T.N.T.1915 nitro1916 amatol1918 cyclonite1923 hexogen1923 lox1923 pentaerythritol tetranitrate1923 hexite1931 aurantia1940 jelly1941 RDX1941 1852 J. E. De Vry in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1851 Notices & Abstr. 52 This yellow liquid, nitro-glycerine, seems not to be poisonous, but it explodes at a moderate heat..detonating when the drops of nitro-glycerine on paper were struck a smart blow with a hammer. 1870 Nature 15 Sept. 398/1 Captive balloons are to be used for dropping nitro-glycerine bombs. 1879 H. George Progress & Poverty (1881) vii. iv. 332 The other crowned heads of Europe sit, metaphorically speaking, upon barrels of nitro-glycerine. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 520 Nitro~glycerin is applied medicinally..in cases of heart disease. 1931 C. E. Munroe & J. E. Tiffany Physical Testing Explosives 38 Acetone which is suitable for removing liquid nitroglycerin, is the chief solvent. 1977 Lancet 23 Apr. 910/1 She..was given several drugs for her respiratory problem including aminophylline..and nitroglycerine. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 22 Dec. b4/4 Preliminary findings indicate the device was a ‘low-order explosive’, meaning that it did not contain TNT, dynamite, or nitroglycerin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852 |
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