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trinitrophenylmethylnitramine

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tri⋅ni⋅tro⋅phen⋅yl⋅meth⋅yl⋅ni⋅tra⋅mine

  [trahy-nahy-troh-fen-l-meth-uhl-nahy-truh-meen, -nahy-tram-in, -feen-]
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–noun Chemistry.
tetryl.
Origin:
trinitro- + phenyl + methyl + nitramine

tet⋅ryl

  [te-tril]
–noun Chemistry.
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C7H5N5O8, used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
Also, tetralite.
Also called nitramine, trinitrophenylmethylnitramine.

Origin:
1855–60; tetr- + -yl
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