Cordite definition

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Any of a family of smokeless explosive powders consisting chiefly of nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, and petrolatum that have been dissolved in acetone, dried, and extruded in cords.
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A smokeless explosive containing nitroglycerin, guncotton, petroleum jelly, and acetone.
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An explosive powder consisting of nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, and petroleum jelly, used as a propellant for guns. It does not generate smoke and is shaped into cords.
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A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.
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Origin of cordite

  • cord +‎ -ite; the material is manufactured into short cordlike cylinders.

    From Wiktionary

Cordite Sentence Examples

  • But the shot advances during the combustion of the cordite, and the chief problem in interior ballistics is to adjust the G.D.

  • Comparing this time with the experimental value of the time occupied by the cordite in burning, a start is made for a fresh estimate and a closer approximation.

  • It is found experimentally that m = 1.2 is a good average value to take for cordite; so now supposing the combustion of the charge of the 6-in.

  • Thus the cordite, size 30, of the range table has been squeezed through a hole 0.30 in.

  • He was president of the Chemical Society in 1897, and of the British Association in 1902, served on the Balfour Commission on London Water Supply (1893-1894), and as a member of the Committee on Explosives (1888-1891) invented cordite jointly with Sir Frederick Abel.

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