Definition of Trotyl

1. an explosive [n -S] - See also: explosive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trotyl

trothplighting
trothplights
troths
trotline
trotlines
trots
trotted
trotter
trotters
trotting
trotting horse
trottings
trottoir
trottoirs
trottole
trotyl (current term)
trotyls
trou
trou-de-loup
troubadour
troubadourism
troubadours
troublable
trouble
trouble-free
trouble-shoot
trouble and strife
trouble in paradise
trouble light
trouble maker

Literary usage of Trotyl

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

1. The Treasures of Coal Tar by Alexander Findlay (1917)
"Not only is trotyl used as an explosive by itself, but it also forms a constituent of a ... trotyl also forms a constituent of the Belgian high explosive ..."

2. A Short Account of Explosives by Arthur Marshall (1917)
"functioned, the impact fuse acts and detonates the trotyl, which scatters all the components ... 12) the bullets are embedded in trotyl instead of rosin or ..."

3. Journal of the United States Artilleryby Artillery School (Fort Monroe, Va.), Coast Artillery Training Center (U.S.) by Artillery School (Fort Monroe, Va.), Coast Artillery Training Center (U.S.) (1914)
"... 373 Ever-Increasing Gun Power—Underwater and Overhead Fighting Craft—Submarine and Aerial Offense in the European War—trotyl and Submarine Mines—Moving ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Afterward it was mixed with other explosive nitrates, such as trotyl, picric acid, ... It is a yellow explosive substance, insoluble, stable like trotyl, ..."

5. Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the Midshipmen of the by Roland Irvin Curtin, Thomas Lee Johnson, United States Naval Academy (1915)
"(6) trotyl. trotyl is manufactured extensively in Germany, and is used by the German government and other European governments for mine and torpedo charges ..."

6. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"The rifling is poly-grooved and the twist uniform. Krupp Universal Shell.—A high explosive shrapnel in which the bullets are embedded in trotyl instead of ..."

7. The Eyes of the Army and Navy by Albert H. Munday (1917)
"The case is usually sheet- metal case and is filled with amatol or trotyl. Object: To drop a trail of bombs across a building to make sure of a ..."

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