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hexanitrodiphenylamine

noun
hexa·​ni·​tro·​diphenylamine | \ ¦heksə¦nī‧trō+\

Definition of hexanitrodiphenylamine

: a light-yellow poisonous crystalline compound [(NO2)3C6H2]2NH made by nitrating diphenylamine and used as a high explosive

called also dipicrylamine

— see aurantia

History and Etymology for hexanitrodiphenylamine

International Scientific Vocabulary hexa- + nitro- + diphenylamine

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