hexanitrodiphenylamine

noun

hexa·​ni·​tro·​diphenylamine

¦heksə¦nī‧trō+

: a light-yellow poisonous crystalline compound [(NO₂)₃C₆H₂]₂NH made by nitrating diphenylamine and used as a high explosive

called also dipicrylamine

see aurantia

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hexa- + nitro- + diphenylamine

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