fulminic
Americanadjective
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highly explosive; unstable.
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of or derived from fulminic acid.
Etymology
Origin of fulminic
1815–25; < Latin fulmin- (stem of fulmen ) lightning, thunder + -ic
Example Sentences
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The principal compound of fulminic acid is the mercury salt commonly known as fulminating mercury.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
The constitution of fulminic acid has been investigated by many experimenters, but apparently without definitive results.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Ful′mine.—n. a compound of fulminic acid with mercury, &c.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
There is some doubt as to the molecular formula of fulminic acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Armstrong, F.R.S., would prefer to write the formula of fulminic acid ON.C.OH.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
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