English Explanatory Dictionary

Shimose powder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A picric acid-based explosive.

Word forms

Shimose powder

Etymology

From Shimose + powder. Calque of Japanese 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku), from 下瀬 (Shimose, surname) + 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire chemical”). Named after Japanese chemist 下瀬雅允 (Shimose Masachika) (1860–1911), the developer of the powder.

Synonyms

Shimose Shimose gunpowder melinite lyddite
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