trinitrotoluene
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trinitrotoluene
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This aerial torpedo is a small missile carrying a charge of high explosive, such as trinitrotoluene, and depends for its detonation upon impact or a time fuse.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
When it has persisted for five minutes, the color is discharged by the addition of a few drops of acetic acid, and the insoluble unattacked trinitrotoluene filtered off and washed with a little water.
From Organic Syntheses by James Bryant Conant
Hence it has been displaced by more suitable substances, notably by trinitrotoluene.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
Mononitrotoluene is put in at one end of the plant and comes out as trinitrotoluene.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
A recent analysis of the waters shows that the proportion of sapid ovaloid particles and sulphuretted trinitrotoluene is larger than ever.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various
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