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RDX

  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C 3 H 6 N 6 O 6 , used chiefly in bombs and shells.


RDX

abbreviation for

  1. Research Department Explosive; another name for cyclonite See cyclonite


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Word History and Origins

Origin of RDX1

1940–45; R(esearch) D(epartment) (E)x(plosive) , referring to such a department in Woolwich, England

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