trotyl
(ˈtrəʊtɪl)
[f. trinitrotoluene + -yl.]
= trinitrotoluene.
| 1910 United Service Mag. Feb. 554 A new explosive for shells, mines and torpedoes is being manufactured... It is known commercially as ‘Trotyl’, its full name being Trinitrotoluol. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 50 Trinitrotoluene (TNT) which is known officially as Trotyl is..very similar in its action to picric acid and had been discovered by Wilbrand in 1863. 1981 Chem. Abstr. 7 Sept. 121/2 (heading) Initial phase of the initiation of the detonation process in pressed trotyl. |