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Noun Concept
Categories: Explosives, Articles with short description, Solid fuels, Pyrotechnic compositions, Gunpowder
EN
gunpowder  powder  black-powder  black gunpowder  black powder
EN
A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks WordNet 3.0
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A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. Wikipedia
Explosive most commonly used as propellant in firearms Wikidata
An explosive in the form of a powder. OmegaWiki
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks. Wiktionary
Explosive mixture. Wiktionary (translation)
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. Wiktionary
IS A
explosive
mixture
powder
powder explosive
HAS PART
sulfur
charcoal
potassium nitrate
PART OF
Four Great Inventions
Creeper
HAS KIND
black powder
Shimose powder
PL
Proch chloranowy
Zündkraut
Poudre B
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
powder explosive
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Berthold Schwarz
HISTORY OF TOPIC
history of gunpowder
ON FOCUS LIST OF WIKIMEDIA PROJECT
HY
Վիքիպեդիա:Կարևորագույն հոդվածներ
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
gunpowder, powder
Wikipedia
EN
gunpowder
Wikidata
EN
gunpowder
Wiktionary
EN
gunpowder, powder
OmegaWiki
EN
gunpowder
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
black-powder, black gunpowder, black powder, blackpowder, blasting powder, corning (gunpowder), gun powder, Invention of gun-powder, Nitrous powder, Process of corning black powder, Serpentine powder, The Invention of powder, 火藥
Wikidata Alias
EN
black powder

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