ballistite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since 1892, from French balistite or Italian balistite (both 1890)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballistite (uncountable)
- A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad.