NITROGELATINS

NITROGELATIN

Ni`tro*gel"a*tin, n. Etym: [Nitro- + gelatin.]

Definition: An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin. [Written also nitrogelatine.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 October 2024

ELLIPSE

(noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; “the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”


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