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Definition of Cordite
1. Noun. Explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords.
Terms within: Cellulose Nitrate, Guncotton, Nitrocellulose, Nitrocotton, Glyceryl Trinitrate, Nitroglycerin, Nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, Trinitroglycerin, Mineral Jelly, Petrolatum, Petroleum Jelly
Definition of Cordite
1. n. A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.
Definition of Cordite
1. Noun. A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cordite
1. an explosive powder [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordite
Literary usage of Cordite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"gun of the stunda.ru type for the particular form of cordite (nee Ballistics ...
cordite varios in colour from light to dark brown, according to the colour ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1896)
"Hence the total gaseous products generated by the explosion of cordite amount
per gram to ... The heat generated was found to be: for the earlier cordite, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Hence the total gaseous products generated by the explosion of cordite amount
per gram to ... The heat generated was found to be:—For the earlier cordite, ..."
4. Submarine Navigation Past and Present by Alan Hughes Burgoyne (1903)
"cordite. cordite is the result of experiments carried out under the supervision
of Professor Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel. It consists of Nitro-glycerine. ..."
5. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1897)
"cordite for use in field-guns is cut into lengths of 11 inches, ... Properties of
cordite.—The color of cordite varies from light to dark brown, ..."
6. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1897)
"cordite for use in field-guns is cut into lengths of 11 inches, ... Properties of
cordite.—The color of cordite varies from light to dark brown, ..."
7. The Manufacture of Explosives: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Oscar Guttmann (1895)
"The composition of cordite has, after many experiments, been fixed as follows:—
... cordite for blank ammunition does not contain any vaseline. ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"cordite is sot instantly ignited on contact with a flame such as that of a ...
When incorporated in cordite, however, iht nitro-glycerin appears to be much ..."
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