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

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Example Sentences

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pyroxylin

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The nitration is not carried so far as to produce the guncotton used in explosives but only far enough to make a soluble nitrocellulose or pyroxylin.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson

It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section D and E by Project Gutenberg

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