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  • noun organic chemistry The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.

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  • noun a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)

Etymologies

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nitro- +‎ glycerine

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Examples

  • Those taking nitrate medications, such as nitroglycerine, to treat chest pain, or alpha blockers for blood pressure.

    CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2003 2003

  • MCCARRON: Anything with a nitrate compound, anything with gunpowder or fireworks, even heart medication, such as nitroglycerine will show a positive on this.

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2002 2002

  • Chemical explosives such as nitroglycerine were developed and their connection with the Nobel Prize is well known.

    Press Release: The 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979

  • Powerful chemical compositions, such as nitroglycerine and its compounds, such as dynamite, etc., have supplanted gunpowder, and electricity, is now almost invariably the firing agent.

    Marvels of Modern Science Paul Severing

  • But his 'nitroglycerine' comment is, even for him, racy by the standards of the normally placid bond market.

    MoneyWeek RSS - All 2010

  • But his 'nitroglycerine' comment is, even for him, racy by the standards of the normally placid bond market.

    MoneyWeek RSS - All 2010

  • But his 'nitroglycerine' comment is, even for him, racy by the standards of the normally placid bond market.

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  • But his 'nitroglycerine' comment is, even for him, racy by the standards of the normally placid bond market.

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  • Also Nobel invented Dynamite to save lives, it superseded nitroglycerine which is very unstable and regularly killed quarry and mine workers when it exploded prematurely.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • "nitroglycerine" quote made it into every UK newspaper, from the broadsheets to the red-tops.

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