melinite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of melinite
1885–90; < French mélinite < Greek mḗlin ( os ) made of apples (derivative of mêlon apple) + French -ite -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Eugene Turpin, 78, inventor of melinite;* of pulmonary congestion, at Pontoise, France.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter cannon, however, only used cordite, whereas the 5-inch howitzer shells are filled with a picric compound resembling M. Turpin's melinite.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
The French claim, however, that the original invention has been so modified and perfected that the melinite of to-day cannot be recognised in the earlier product.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
The fort was used as a target for 8-in. shell of five calibres length containing large charges of melinite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
The British call theirs "lyddite," the French "melinite" and the Japanese "shimose."
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
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