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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Abbrev. for pentaerythritol tetranitrate. See also:penthrite. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
PETN is also used as a vasodilator.
PETN formula is C(CH2ONO2)4. It melts toward 141°C. Its preparation involves nitration of pentaerythritol with a mixture of concentrated nitric and sulfuric acid.
C(CH2OH)4 + 4HNO3 -> C(CH2ONO2)4 + 4H2O
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Crosswords: PETN |
| Specialty definitions using "PETN": Cordtex ♦ Primacord-Bickford fuse ♦ test detonator. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
petn | 11 |
health petn risk | 2 |
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Words beginning with "PETN": petnap, petnapped, petnapping, petnaps. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pent. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-p-t" | |
-1 letter: net, pen, pet, ten. | |
-2 letters: en, et, ne, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: inept, netop, paten, spent. | |
+2 letters: arpent, dipnet, enrapt, entrap, hapten, incept, instep, lepton, netops, panted, pantie, parent, patens, patent, patine, patten, peanut, pecten, pectin, pedant, pentad, pentyl, penult, petnap, pineta, pinite, pintle, pitmen, planet, platen, plenty, pointe, ponent, pontes, poteen, potent, potmen, pterin, punnet, punted, punter, repent, spinet, splent, sprent, tenpin, teopan, tiepin, trepan, tuneup, unkept, unpent, unstep, unwept, upsent. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 54 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . - -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000101 01010100 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P E T N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0045 0054 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50395448 |
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