Smokeless Powder

Definition: Smokeless Powder

Smokeless Powder

Noun

1. An explosive that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant.

Specialty Definition: Smokeless Powder

Domain	Definition
Chemical Industry	Based on nitrocellulose mixed with other products, particularly stabilisers. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Nitrocellulose containing 13.1% nitrogen. Produced by blending material of somewhat lower (12.6%) and slightly higher (13.2%) nitrogen content; converting to a dough with an alcohol-ether mixture; extruding; cutting; and drying to a hard, horny product. Small amounts of stabilizers (amines) and plasticizers are usually present, as well as various modifying agents(nitrotoluene and nitroglycerin salts). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Smokeless Powder

English words defined with "smokeless powder": pyrocellulose. (references)

Specialty definitions using "smokeless powder": ballistite, BLENDER II, blender operator, BLOCK-BREAKER OPERATOR ♦ DEHYDRATING-PRESS OPERATOR, digester operator, DRIER OPERATOR V ♦ finishing-powder-press operator ♦ GRAINING-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ macaroni-press operator, MIXER OPERATOR I, mixing-house operator ♦ POWDER-CUTTING OPERATOR, powder-press operator. (references)

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Photo Album: Smokeless Powder

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	Production. Shell loading. Weighing the propelling charges of smokeless powder before they are poured into shells at a large Midwest loading plant. This precise work is done mostly by women. Mechanical devices produced in the fuse division enable soldiers. Credit: Library of Congress.		Defense workers' housing in farmyard outside of Ravenna, Ohio, near smokeless powder plant. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Smokeless Powder

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
smokeless powder	21
smokeless powder reloading	6
imr smokeless powder	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Smokeless Powder

Language		Translations for "smokeless powder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		roegfrit krudt (colloidal powder), kolloidalt ikke-brisant spraengstof (colloidal powder). (various references)

Dutch		rookzwak buskruit (propellant powder), rookvrij kruit (colloidal powder), colloidaalkruit (colloidal powder). (various references)

French		poudre sans fumée, poudre colloïdale. (various references)

German		rauchloses Pulver (colloidal powder), kolloidales Pulver (colloidal powder). (various references)

Greek		άκαπνη πυρίτιδα. (various references)

Italian		polvere senza fumo (colloidal powder), polvere colloidale (colloidal powder). (various references)

Pig Latin		okelesssmay owderpay

Portuguese		pólvora sem fumo. (various references)

Spanish		pólvora sin humo, pólvora coloidal (colloidal powder). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Smokeless Powder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-k-l-m-o-o-p-r-s-s-s-w"
	-5 letters: powderless.
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