pyroxylin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
    pyroxyline.

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Py*rox"y*lin noun
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also pyroxyle.

Webster 1913