cord·ite /ˈkɔrˌdaɪt/
線狀無煙火藥
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.}
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cordite
n : explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and
petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded
in brown cords