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papyroxylin

papyroxylin noun: synonym of gun-paper.

Noun

papyroxylin (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of gun-paper.
    • Gun-paper, or papyroxyline, is paper which has been immersed for a few seconds in a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, and then washed in an abundance of water.1894, Selimo R. Bottone, Electrical Instrument Making for Amateurs, 6th edition, page 26
    Synonyms:
    gun-paper

Synonyms of papyroxylin

Forms of papyroxylin

alternative formpapyroxyline

Origin of papyroxylin

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + xylo- (“wood, wood pulp”) + -in (“forming substances made from living things”), after the model of earlier pyroxylin.

Questions about papyroxylin

What does papyroxylin mean?
Papyroxylin means synonym of gun-paper.
What part of speech is papyroxylin?
Papyroxylin is a noun.

Words near papyroxylin in the dictionary

  1. papyropolists
  2. papyros
  3. papyrotamia
  4. papyrotint
  5. papyrotype
  6. papyroxylin
  7. papyroxyline
  8. papyrus
  9. papyruses
  10. paquebot
  11. paquebots

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