melinite

American  

[mel-uh-nahyt] / ˈmɛl əˌnaɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a high explosive containing picric acid.

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melinite British  

/ ˈmɛlɪˌnaɪt /

noun

1. a high explosive made from picric acid

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Etymology

Origin of melinite

1885–90; < French mélinite < Greek mḗlin ( os ) made of apples (derivative of mêlon apple) + French -ite -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Eugene Turpin, 78, inventor of melinite;* of pulmonary congestion, at Pontoise, France.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the object that Frank held in his hand was a small melinite floating mine!

From The Boy Allies under Two Flags by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

Cellars may give protection from fire or melinite; but they are worse than death traps against the heavy fumes of poisonous gas.

From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert

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.

With melinite you know the worst at once; it doesn't hang round like boxes of ammunition, for instance.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 3, 1917 by Various