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Noun Concept
Categories: British inventions, Cordite, Firearm propellants, Ammunition
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cordite
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Explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords WordNet 3.0
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Explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant. Wikipedia
Family of smokeless propellants Wikidata
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives: nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition. OmegaWiki
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition. Wiktionary
A smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
explosive compound
explosive
smokeless powder
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Dewar
Frederick Abel
MATERIAL USED
cellulose nitrate
nitroglycerin
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
cellulose nitrate
nitroglycerin
petrolatum
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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cordite
Wikipedia
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cordite
Wikidata
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cordite
Wiktionary
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cordite
OmegaWiki
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cordite

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