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NITRAMINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitramine mean?
• NITRAMINE (noun)
The noun NITRAMINE has 1 sense:
1. a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
Familiarity information: NITRAMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
nitramine; tetryl
Hypernyms ("nitramine" is a kind of...):
explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)
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