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TETRYL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tetryl mean?
• TETRYL (noun)
The noun TETRYL has 1 sense:
1. a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
Familiarity information: TETRYL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
nitramine; tetryl
Hypernyms ("tetryl" is a kind of...):
explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)
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