English Explanatory Dictionary

nitrotoluene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive

Word forms

nitrotoluene nitrotoluenes

Etymology

From nitro- + toluene.

Derived words

mononitrotoluene orthonitrotoluene paranitrotoluene trinitrotoluene

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