Cordite
[kawr-dahyt] /ˈkɔr daɪt/
noun
1.
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
/ˈkɔːdaɪt/
noun
1.
any of various explosive materials used for propelling bullets, shells, etc, containing cellulose nitrate, sometimes mixed with nitroglycerine, plasticizers, and stabilizers
n.
smokeless explosive, 1889, from cord + -ite (2); so called for its “curiously string-like appearance” in the words of a newspaper of the day.
cordite
(kôr’dīt’)
An explosive powder consisting of nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, and petroleum jelly, used as a propellant for guns. It does not generate smoke and is shaped into cords.
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