pyroxylin

American  

[pahy-rok-suh-lin, puh-] / paɪˈrɒk sə lɪn, pə- /

Also pyroxyline

noun

1. a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.

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pyroxylin British  

/ paɪˈrɒksɪlɪn /

noun

1. a yellow substance obtained by nitrating cellulose with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; guncotton: used to make collodion, plastics, lacquers, and adhesives

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Etymology

Origin of pyroxylin

1830–40; pyro- + xyl- ( def. ) + -in ²

Example Sentences

It may interest you to know that all the important manufacturers of automobile finishing materials are making pyroxylin lacquers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a finish very likely will be a compound embracing the good qualities of both the old style varnish and the newer pyroxylin finishes.

From Time Magazine Archive

No. i innovation are Wurlitzer consoles finished in "Kordevon," a cloth covered with ten coats of the plastic, pyroxylin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The silk referred to is made from a solution of that inflammable material of tremendous force known as gun-cotton, or pyroxylin.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

Raw cotton is used in compounding gun cotton or explosive cotton, also named pyroxylin, and this is used to make collodion, so extensively employed in medicine.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers