Definition of Pyroxyle

1. a nitrocellulose [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyroxyle

pyrouric
pyrovalerone
pyrovanadic
pyroxanthin
pyroxene
pyroxenes
pyroxenic
pyroxenite
pyroxenites
pyroxenitic
pyroxenoid
pyroxenoids
pyroxferroite
pyroxferroites
pyroxmangite
pyroxyle (current term)
pyroxyles
pyroxylic
pyroxylin
pyroxyline
pyroxylins
pyrrexhia
pyrrhic
pyrrhicist
pyrrhicists
pyrrhics
pyrrhotine
pyrrhotite
pyrrhotites
pyrrhous

Literary usage of Pyroxyle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Notions of Chemistry by Théophile Jules Pelouze, Edmond Fremy (1854)
"PYROXYLIN, pyroxyle, GUN-COTTON. Towards the end of the year 1846, M. Schoenbein announced that he had made a new powder, much more energetic than gunpowder ..."

2. Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1860)
"The same anomaly is not remarked in the employment of pyroxyle in guns or ... In small arms, the coefficient tof pyroxyle, to produce the same effect as ..."

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