nitroglycerine

See also: nitroglycérine

English

Alternative forms

• nitroglycerin

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ glycerine.

Noun

nitroglycerine (usually uncountable, plural nitroglycerines)

1. (organic chemistry) The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.

Synonyms

• GTN
• glycerine trinitrate
• glycerol trinitrate
• glyceryl trinitrate
• nitroleum

Translations

the compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate

• Basque: nitroglizerina, nitroglizerina
• Catalan: nitroglicerina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硝化甘油 (zh) (xiāohuàgānyóu)

• Czech: nitroglycerin m
• Finnish: nitroglyseriini (fi)
• French: nitroglycérine (fr) f
• German: Nitroglyzerin (de) n
• Hungarian: nitroglicerin (hu)
• Irish: nítriglicrín m
• Italian: nitroglicerina (it) f
• Japanese: ニトログリセリン (nitoroguriserin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nitroglyserol m, nitroglyserin m or n

  Nynorsk: nitroglyserol m, nitroglyserin m

• Polish: nitrogliceryna (pl) f
• Portuguese: nitroglicerina (pt) f
• Russian: нитроглицери́н (ru) m (nitroglicerín)
• Spanish: nitroglicerina f
• Tagalog: nitrogliserina
• Turkish: nitrogliserin (tr)
• Vietnamese: nitroglyxerin

See also

• cordite