Shimose powder
English
Etymology
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.
Noun
- A picric acid-based explosive.
- Synonyms: Shimose, Shimose gunpowder
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- black powder
- cordite
- dynamite
- guncotton
- gunpowder
- mercury fulminate
- mercury(II) fulminate
- nitrocotton
- nitroglycerin
- smokeless gunpowder
- smokeless powder
- TNT
Translations
explosive
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