trinitrotoluene

See also: trinitrotoluène

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ nitro- +‎ toluene.

Noun

trinitrotoluene (plural trinitrotoluenes)

A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH₃C₆H₂(NO₂)₃), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene

Derived terms

TNT

Translations

a highly explosive yellow crystalline substance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 三硝基甲苯 (zh) (sānxiāojījiǎběn)
Czech: trinitrotoluen m
Finnish: trinitrotolueeni, trotyyli (fi)
French: trinitrotoluène (fr) m
German: Trinitrotoluol (de) n

Hungarian: trinitrotoluol
Irish: trínítreatolúéin f
Japanese: トリニトロトルエン (torinitorotoruen)
Malay: trinitrotoluena
Russian: тринитротолуо́л (ru) m (trinitrotoluól), троти́л (ru) m (trotíl)

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German: Trinitrotoluol, stoßunempfindlicher Sprengstoff, TNT

Italian

Etymology

tri- +‎ nitro- +‎ toluene

Noun

trinitrotoluene m (plural trinitrotolueni)

(organic chemistry) trinitrotoluene