triˈnitrin Chem.
[f. tri- 5 + nitric + -in1 (see acetin).]
The compound ether or ester of glycerol or glycerin with nitric acid, C3H5(O.NO2)3, also called glyceryl trinitrate or more commonly and less correctly nitroglycerin; an oily liquid discovered in 1847, which when struck explodes violently; largely used in making dynamite and other explosives.
| 1866 Roscoe Elem. Chem. xxxvi. 316 If the nitric acid employed..be concentrated, a new compound called Trinitrine or Trinitro-glycerine, is formed. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 996 Trinitrine should be prescribed if any sign of intolerance of the iodides be noticed. |