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PETN

PETN is the initialism of pentaerythritol tetranitrate.

Meaning of pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Noun

pentaerythritol tetranitrate (uncountable, abbreviation PETN)

  1. A potent, water-soluble high explosive, prepared by nitration of pentaerythritol.
    Synonyms:
    corpent, penthrite, PETN, PENT, PENTA, TEN

Synonyms of PETN

Words formed from PETN

Questions about PETN

What is PETN the initialism of?
PETN is the initialism of pentaerythritol tetranitrate.

Words near PETN in the dictionary

  1. Petliurists
  2. Petliurite
  3. Petliurites
  4. Petlovac
  5. PETM
  6. PETN
  7. PETN reductase
  8. petnap
  9. petnapped
  10. petnapper
  11. petnappers

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