fulminic

[ fuhl-min-ik ]

adjective

1. highly explosive; unstable.
2. of or derived from fulminic acid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulminic¹

1815–25; < Latin fulmin- (stem of fulmen ) lightning, thunder + -ic

Example Sentences

All attempts to insulate fulminic acid have proved unsuccessful, as it explodes with the slightest decomposing force.

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Two equivalents of Cyanic acid, uniting in one compound, produce Fulminic acid.

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The constitution of fulminic acid has been investigated by many experimenters, but apparently without definitive results.

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For the compound of mercury with fulminic acid, see Fulminate.

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When a young and wholly unknown student he had gone to Paris to bring his discovery of fulminic acid to the notice of the Academy.

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