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nitroglycol

nitroglycol noun: the nitrate of ethylene glycol (ethylene glycol dinitrate) that is an explosive similar in properties to nitroglycerine.

Noun

nitroglycol (uncountable)

  1. The nitrate of ethylene glycol (ethylene glycol dinitrate) that is an explosive similar in properties to nitroglycerine

Origin of nitroglycol

From nitro- + glycol.

Questions about nitroglycol

What does nitroglycol mean?
Nitroglycol means the nitrate of ethylene glycol (ethylene glycol dinitrate) that is an explosive similar in properties to nitroglycerine.
What part of speech is nitroglycol?
Nitroglycol is a noun.

Words near nitroglycol in the dictionary

  1. nitroglucose
  2. nitroglycerin
  3. nitroglycerine
  4. nitroglycerines
  5. nitroglycerins
  6. nitroglycol
  7. nitroguanidine
  8. nitroguanidines
  9. nitroheterocycle
  10. nitroheterocycles
  11. nitroheterocyclic

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