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 thenitration ofdimethylaniline
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
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Examples
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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
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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
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When you are satisfied that the tetryl is free of acids, filter it from the water and allowed to dry.
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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.
Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com 2010
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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
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
The Times of India 2010
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