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tetryl definition

tet·ryl (te′trəl)

noun

a yellow powder, CHNO, used as a primer and as an explosive, esp. in detonators

Etymology: tetr(anitrometh)yl(aniline)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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