Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A yellow crystalline compound, C7H5N5O8, used as a detonator.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The hypothetical radical C4H9, the fourth member of the CnH2n + 1 series: same as butyl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-N-methylnitramine produced by the nitration of dimethylaniline

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From its four nitrite groups.]

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Examples

  • Police said they found more traces of the material - described as tetryl, a chemical used to boost the power of explosives - on clothes seized from Khan's apartment, Chile's state television reported.

    WBAY Action 2 News 2010

  • Police said they found more traces of the material - described as tetryl, a chemical used to boost the power of explosives - on clothes seized from Khan's apartment, Chile's state television reported.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • When you are satisfied that the tetryl is free of acids, filter it from the water and allowed to dry.

    A Large Collection of Incendiary Information (Part II) 1990

  • A summary of the closed hearing posted on the judiciary's website Saturday said both TNT and tetryl - a chemical that boosts the power of explosives - were found on his cell phone and documents at the embassy, and that a police search of his room later found the same chemicals on his clothes, a suitcase and a computer bag.

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  • A summary of the closed hearing posted on the judiciary's website Saturday said both TNT and tetryl - a chemical that boosts the power of explosives - were found on his cell phone and documents at the embassy, and that a police search of his room later found the same chemicals on his clothes, a suitcase and a computer bag.

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  • A summary of the closed hearing posted on the judiciary's website Saturday said both TNT and tetryl - a chemical that boosts the power of explosives - were found on his cell phone and documents at the embassy, and that a police search of his room later found the same chemicals on his clothes, a suitcase and a computer bag.

    KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports 2010

  • A summary of the closed hearing posted on the judiciary's website Saturday said both TNT and tetryl - a chemical that boosts the power of explosives - were found on his cellphone and documents at the embassy, and that a police search of his room later found the same chemicals on his clothes, a suitcase and a computer bag.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • He said he didn't know why embassy bomb detection equipment found traces of tetryl, a chemical used to boost the power of explosives, on a bag, documents and a cell phone he had with him.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • A summary of the closed hearing posted on the judiciary's website Saturday said both TNT and tetryl - a chemical that boosts the power of explosives - were found on his cell phone and documents at the embassy, and that a police search of his room later found the same chemicals on his clothes, a suitcase and a computer bag.

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  • A summary of the closed hearing posted on the judiciary's website Saturday said both TNT and tetryl _ a chemical that boosts the power of explosives _ were found on his cell phone and documents at the embassy, and that a police search of his room later found the same chemicals on his clothes, a suitcase and a computer bag.

    The Times of India 2010

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