Shimose powder en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A picric acid-based explosive.
Coordinates
nitrocotton · mercury(II) fulminate · guncotton · gunpowder · dynamite · cordite · smokeless gunpowder · smokeless powder · black powder · TNT · mercury fulminate · nitroglycerin
Hypernyms
Synonyms
Shimose gunpowder · lyddite · Shimose · melinite
Translations (4)
fr poudre Shimosa (explosive) · ja 下瀬火薬 (explosive) · cmn 下瀨火藥 /下濑火药 (explosive) · ko 시모세 화약 (explosive)