- pyroxylin
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pyroxylin — py*rox y*lin, n. (Chem.) A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; called also {pyroxyle}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pyroxylin — Pyroxylin, so v.w. Schießbaumwolle … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Pyroxylīn — (griech.), s. Schießbaumwolle … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Pyroxylin — Pyroxylīn, s. Schießbaumwolle … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Pyroxylin — Pyroxylin, griech. deutsch, Schießbaumwolle … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
pyroxylin — or pyroxyline [pī räk′sə lin] n. [Fr pyroxyline < Gr pyr, FIRE + xylon, wood] nitrocellulose, esp. in less highly nitrated and explosive forms than guncotton … English World dictionary
pyroxylin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pyr + Greek xylon wood Date: circa 1847 1. a flammable mixture of nitrocelluloses used especially in making plastics and water repellent coatings (as lacquers) 2. a pyroxylin product … New Collegiate Dictionary
pyroxylin — piroksilinas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Sprogstamoji medžiaga iš trinitroceliuliozės. atitikmenys: angl. guncotton; pyroxylin rus. пироксилин … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
pyroxylin — /puy rok seuh lin, peuh /, n. a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc. Also, pyroxyline /puy rok seuh lin, leen , peuh /. [1830 40; PYRO + XYL +… … Universalium
pyroxylin — noun A highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers … Wiktionary
pyroxylin — Consists chiefly of cellulose tetranitrate, obtained by the action of nitric and sulfuric acid s on cotton; used in the preparation of collodion. SYN: colloxylin, dinitrocellulose, nitrocellulose, soluble gun cotton, xyloidin. [ … Medical dictionary
