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
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Origin and Etymology of hexanitrodiphenylamine
International Scientific Vocabulary hexa- + nitro- + diphenylamine
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