| NOUN | substance | cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton | a nitric acid ester |
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| Meaning | A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives. | |
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| Synonyms | nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton | |
| Narrower | pyrocellulose | nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton |
| pyroxylin, pyroxyline | Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers | |
| Broader | cellulose ester | Any ester of cellulose with an acid |
| nitrate | Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) | |
| Substance of | blasting gelatin | mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin |
| celluloid | Highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor | |
| cordite | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | |
| Spanish | algodón pólvora, nitrato de celulosa, nitrocelulosa | |
| Catalan | cotó pólvora, nitrocel·lulosa, nitrocelulosa | |
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