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Shimose powder

Shimose powder noun: a picric acid-based explosive.

Noun

Shimose powder (uncountable)

  1. A picric acid-based explosive.
    Synonyms:
    Shimose, Shimose gunpowder, melinite, lyddite

Synonyms of Shimose powder

Origin of Shimose powder

From Shimose + powder. Calque of Japanese 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku), from 下瀬 (Shimose, surname) + 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire chemical”). Named after Japanese chemist 下瀬雅允 (Shimose Masachika) (1860–1911), the developer of the powder.

Questions about Shimose powder

What does Shimose powder mean?
Shimose powder means a picric acid-based explosive.
What part of speech is Shimose powder?
Shimose powder is a noun.

Words near Shimose powder in the dictionary

  1. Shimon
  2. Shimonoseki
  3. Shimonski
  4. Shimonskis
  5. Shimose
  6. Shimose powder
  7. shimotsukare
  8. Shimotsuke
  9. shimozzle
  10. shimozzles
  11. Shimp

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