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Ballistite

//ˈbæl.əˌstaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant wordnet

Etymology

Attested since 1892, from French balistite or Italian balistite (both 1890).

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