guncotton
English Thesaurus
1. a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | cellulose ester, |
| definition | : | any ester of cellulose with an acid (noun.substance) |
| hypernym | : | nitrate, |
| definition | : | any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | pyrocellulose, |
| definition | : | nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | pyroxylin, pyroxyline, |
| definition | : | highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | blasting gelatin, |
| definition | : | mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin (noun.artifact) |
| substance meronym | : | cordite, |
| definition | : | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords (noun.artifact) |
| substance meronym | : | celluloid, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.substance) |
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