nitrocellulose
nitrocellulose noun: a cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.
Noun
nitrocellulose (countable and uncountable, plural nitrocelluloses)
- A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.
- Synonyms:
- NC, cellulose nitrate, nitrocotton, gun cotton, pyrocellulose, pyroxylin
nitrocellulose meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese
nitrocellulose in Tamil
- நைட்ரோ செல்லுலோஸ், நைதரோசெலுலோசு
nitrocellulose in Vietnamese
- the chemical nitrocellulose
- nitroxeluloza
Synonyms of nitrocellulose
Forms of nitrocellulose
| plural | nitrocelluloses |
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Origin of nitrocellulose
From nitro- + cellulose.
Words formed from nitrocellulose
Questions about nitrocellulose
- What does nitrocellulose mean?
- Nitrocellulose means a cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.
- What is nitrocellulose in Tamil?
- Nitrocellulose in Tamil is நைட்ரோ செல்லுலோஸ், நைதரோசெலுலோசு. See Nitrocellulose meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nitrocellulose?
- Nitrocellulose is a noun.
- What is the plural of nitrocellulose?
- The plural of nitrocellulose is nitrocelluloses.
Words near nitrocellulose in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nitrocellulose (page history and authors); nitrocellulose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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