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Definition of Propellant explosive
1. Noun. An explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propellant Explosive
Literary usage of Propellant explosive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... a composition which is inflamed by the explosion of the diluted high explosive,
the flame in turn igniting the actual propellant. Explosive Mixtures. ..."
2. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1991)
"Offered propellant explosive, solid, Class B, in unauthorized packaging, under
the terms of an exemption which had expired. (173.93(a)]. Case No. ..."
3. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"ester is then granulated by means of precipitation by a non-solvent as water,
and used as a propellant explosive. The International Smokeless Powder ..."
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