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RDX

  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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Origin of RDX

1940–45; R(esearch) D(epartment) (E)x(plosive), referring to such a department in Woolwich, England
Also called cyclonite, cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine.
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British Dictionary definitions for rdx

RDX

abbreviation for
  1. Research Department Explosive; another name for cycloniteSee cyclonite
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