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ballistite

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbæl.əˌstaɪt

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolbalistita
Françaisbalistite
DeutschBallistit
4 more languages
Italianobalistite
Polskibalistyt
Русскийбаллистит

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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