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Meanings of pyroxylin in English

Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers.

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        Examples for "pyroxyline"
        Examples for "pyroxyline"
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        They are produced commercially and are known as "gun cotton" or "pyroxyline".
        The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer ...
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        Pyroxyline would be a better word, as this applies to all grades.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
        Usage of pyroxylin in English
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        Although the German artillery's bag-charge of nitroglycerine is more powerful than our pyroxylin, German cannon is fragile and does not last long.
        A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
        Pyroxylin through the time