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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Solid fuels, Explosives, Swedish inventions, Cordite
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smokeless powder  Ballistite  double-base  double-base powder  Double-base powders
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An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant WordNet 3.0
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An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Ballistite is a smokeless propellant made from two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. Wikipedia
Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to gunpowder. Wikipedia
Propellants that produce little to no smoke Wikipedia Disambiguation
Smokeless propellant made from two high explosives Wikidata
A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, developed in the late 19th century. Wiktionary
An explosive, similar to gunpowder, consisting of nitrocellulose mixed with nitroglycerine or nitroguanidine; it burns with very little smoke. Wiktionary
Explosive. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
explosive
smokeless powder
powder explosive
HAS KIND
smokeless powder
cordite
Poudre B
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
MATERIAL USED
cellulose nitrate
nitrate ester
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
pyrocellulose
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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smokeless powder, Ballistite
Wikipedia
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ballistite, smokeless powder
Wikidata
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Ballistite, smokeless powder
Wiktionary
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ballistite, smokeless powder
Wikipedia Redirections
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