tetranitrate

[ te-truh-nahy-treyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a compound containing four nitrate groups.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetranitrate¹

tetra- + nitrate

Example Sentences

That includes bombs built with chemical triggers that avoid use of metallic components and powerful explosives such as PETN, or pentaerythritol tetranitrate, a white powder that can deliver a powerful blast.

From Wall Street Journal

Still, to ramp up the game's realism, "Warfighter" creators mimicked real-world weaponry and centered the plot on the ripped-from-the-headlines threat of an industrial explosive known as PETN, or pentaerythritol tetranitrate, the same material used in 2001 by convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid when he tried to destroy a trans-Atlantic flight.

From Seattle Times

Sodium nitrite and erythrol tetranitrate.

From Project Gutenberg

The majority of cases will do well on the sodium nitrite or erythrol tetranitrate.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the same with erythrol tetranitrate.

From Project Gutenberg