Definition of nitrocotta Nitrocotta
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What does nitrocotta mean?
Part of speech
🔤- nitrocotta, noun, plural of nitrocotton.
WordNet
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| nitrocotton - a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | ||
| cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton | ||
| cellulose ester any ester of cellulose with an acid | ||
| nitrate any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) | ||
| celluloid highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics | ||
| blasting gelatin mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin | ||
| cordite explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | ||
| pyrocellulose nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- nitrocotton, noun, singular of nitrocottons / nitrocotta.
