Pyroxylin

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. This term is now usually applied to the less highly nitrated product of the interaction of cellulose and nitric acid, soluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol, not to the more highly nitrated insoluble gun-cotton used as an explosive.
  • noun. Guncotton or a similar substance obtained by immersing vegetable fiber in nitric or nitrosulphuric acid, and then suffering it to dry. Such substances are nitro-derivatives of cellulose. Also pyroxyle.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
    • Word Usage
    "Creative and innovative, always interested in new techniques and materials, Siqueiros frequently used pyroxylin, a substance related to gun-cotton, which dries with amazing speed."
    cross-reference
    soluble pyroxylin  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cellulose nitrate  guncotton  nitrocellulose  nitrocotton  
    variant
    pyroxyle  
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