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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cord·ite /ˈkɔrˌdaɪt/
 線狀無煙火藥

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cord·ite n.  Mil. A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords  (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known  as {cordite M. D.}
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cordite
      n : explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and
          petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded
          in brown cords