nitroglycerine

Noun

 * 1)  The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.

Translations

 * Basque: nitroglizerina, nitroglizerina
 * Catalan: nitroglicerina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nitroglycerin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: nítriglicrín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ニトログリセリン
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: nitroglyserol, nitroglyserin
 * Nynorsk: nitroglyserol, nitroglyserin
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: nitroglicerina
 * Tagalog: nitrogliserina
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: nitroglyxerin