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Meanings of ballistite in English
Portuguese
pólvora sem fumaça An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant.
Synonyms
Examples for "smokeless powder"
Examples for "smokeless powder"
1
The propelling force is a charge of seven ounces of smokeless powder.
2
Their small number and their smokeless powder make their discovery most difficult.
3
Nobody had paid any attention to it, because he shot smokeless powder.
4
The Spaniards were using smokeless powder, then rather a new thing in war.
5
A great many stories have been told about the noiselessness of smokeless powder.
Usage of ballistite in English
1
It later diversified into the production of blasting gelatin and ballistite, which was a precursor of cordite, an explosive used in weaponry.
2
Later, Nobel's old antagonist, now Sir Frederick Abel, after picking Nobel's brains, had come up with still another variety of ballistite called cordite.