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Definition: Pentaerythritol |
PentaerythritolNoun1. A coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: PentaerythritolSynonym: Peritrate (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It can be prepared by condensation of ethanal and methanal in an alkaline environment. The process follows a Cannizaro reaction.
CH3CHO + 4CH2OH + Ca(OH)2 + H2O -> (HCOO)2Ca + C(CH2OH)4
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pentaerythritol."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Explosive; gunpowder, guncotton; mercury fulminate; picrates; pentaerythritol tetranitrate, PETNoun: |
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Crosswords: Pentaerythritol |
| Specialty definitions using "pentaerythritol": Cordtex ♦ PETN. (references) |
Expression using "pentaerythritol": Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
pentaerythritol | 19 |
pentaerythritol tetranitrate trinitrotoluene | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "pentaerythritol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Pentrit (nitropenta, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythritrol tetranitrate, penthrite, pentrit, pentrite), pentaerythritol-tetranitrat (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), Pentaerythritoltetranitrat (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythrityl tetranitrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Pentriet (nitropenta, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythritrol tetranitrate, penthrite, pentrit, pentrite), Pentaerytriet-tetranitraat (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate), pentaerythritoltetranitraat (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | pentrite (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), Penthrite (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythritrol tetranitrate, pentrit, pentrite), tétranitropentaerythrite (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), Tétranitrate de pentaérythritol (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Pentrit (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), Pentatetraerythronitrit (pentaerythritol tetranitrate), Pentaerythrit-tetranitrat (pentaerythritol tetranitrate), Pentaeryhrittetranitrat (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate), Tetranitropentaerythrit (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), Nitropenta (nitropenta, pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythritrol tetranitrate, pentrit, pentrite), Bitropenta (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | τετρανικός πενταερυθρίτης (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Pentrite (nitropenta, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythritrol tetranitrate, penthrite, pentrit, pentrite), Tetranitropentaeritrite (nitropenta, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythritrol tetranitrate, penthrite, pentrit, pentrite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entaerythritolpay pentrite (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), tetranitropentaeritrite (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), tetranitrato de pentaeritritol (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate). (various references) pentrita (nitropenta, pentaerythritol tetranitrate, pentaerythritrol tetranitrate, penthrite, pentrit, pentrite), tetranitropentaertirita (pentaerythritol tetranitrate, penthrite), tetranitrato de pentaeritritol (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-l-n-o-p-r-r-t-t-t-y" | |
-4 letters: enteropathy, interpolate, platyrrhine, retinopathy. | |
-5 letters: anteriorly, hyperalert, hypertonia, interlayer, interloper, interparty, peritoneal, potentiate, pyrrhotite, thiopental, torrential, triathlete. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 6E 74 61 65 72 79 74 68 72 69 74 6F 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . -. - .- . .-. -.--. - .... .-. .. - --- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01100101 01110010 01111001 01110100 01101000 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101111 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e n t a e r y t h r i t o l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 006E 0074 0061 0065 0072 0079 0074 0068 0072 0069 0074 006F 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507180866771849186748475868178 |
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