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trinitrin
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; l...
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trinitrate
trinitrate Chem. (traɪˈnaɪtrət) [f. tri- 5 + nitrate.] A compound formed from three molecules of nitric acid, HNO3, by the replacement of the three hydrogen atoms by a trivalent element or radical; e.g. bismuth trinitrate, Bi{ppp}(NO3)3; glyceryl trinitrate, C3H5{ppp}(NO3)3, (= trinitrin).1868 Watts...
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Nitroglycerin (medication)
The medical establishment used the name "glyceryl trinitrate" or "trinitrin" to avoid alarming patients, because of a general awareness that nitroglycerin
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trinitro-
trinitro- before a vowel trinitr-. Chem. (traɪˈnaɪtrəʊ) [f. tri- 5 + nitro-.] a. A formative denoting that three nitro-groups, NO2, have replaced three hydrogen atoms in the substance designated by the rest of the name, the nitrogen atoms being directly joined to carbon atoms; e.g. trinitrophenol or...
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