Shimose powder

English

Etymology

From Shimose +‎ powder. Calque of Japanese 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku), from 下瀬 (Shimose, surname) + 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire chemical”).

Named after Japanese chemist 下瀬雅允 (Shimose Masachika) (1860–1911), the developer of the powder.

Noun

Shimose powder (uncountable)

1. A picric acid-based explosive.

   Synonyms: Shimose, Shimose gunpowder

Synonyms

• melinite (“French variant”)
• lyddite (“British variant”)

Hypernyms

• explosive

Coordinate terms

• black powder
• cordite
• dynamite
• guncotton
• gunpowder
• mercury fulminate
• mercury(II) fulminate
• nitrocotton
• nitroglycerin
• smokeless gunpowder
• smokeless powder
• TNT

Translations

explosive

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下瀨火藥／下濑火药 (Xiàlài huǒyào)

• French: poudre Shimosa
• Japanese: 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku)
• Korean: 시모세 화약 (simose hwayak)