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cellulose nitrate

noun

Definition of cellulose nitrate

: nitrocellulose

Examples of cellulose nitrate in a Sentence

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 But almost all cellulose nitrate film has self-destructed in the last 100 years. — Lily Rothman, Time, "This Mysterious Long-Lost Film of the Brooklyn Bridge Wasn't Seen for a Century," 18 May 2018

First Known Use of cellulose nitrate

1873, in the meaning defined above

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cellulose nitrate

noun

Medical Definition of cellulose nitrate

: any of several esters of nitric acid formed by the action of nitric acid on cellulose (as paper, linen, or cotton) and used for making explosives, plastics, and varnishes

— called also nitrocellulose

— see guncotton, pyroxylin

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