nitrocellulose

English

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ cellulose.

Noun

nitrocellulose (countable and uncountable, plural nitrocelluloses)

1. (organic chemistry) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.

Synonyms

• cellulose nitrate
• gun cotton
• nitrocotton
• pyrocellulose
• pyroxylin

Translations

the chemical nitrocellulose

• Finnish: selluloosanitraatti, nitroselluloosa (fi)
• Italian: nitrocellulosa (it) f
• Manx: cadee gunney m
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• Romanian: nitroceluloză (ro) f, nitrat de celuloză m
• Swedish: cellulosanitrat n
• Vietnamese: nitroxeluloza

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Italian

Noun

nitrocellulose f pl

1. plural of nitrocellulosa