Meaning Of The Word Nitroglycerin

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nitroglycerin
uncountable noun: Nitroglycerin is a liquid that is used to make explosives and also in some medicines.

nitroglycerin in American English
a thick, pale-yellow, flammable, explosive oil, C3H5(ONO2)3, prepared by treating glycerin with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids: used in medicine and in making dynamites and propellants
noun: a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C3H5N3O9, prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine a

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