papyroxylin

English

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Etymology

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) +‎ xylo- (“wood, wood pulp”) +‎ -in (“forming substances made from living things”), after the model of earlier pyroxylin.

Noun

papyroxylin (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of gun-paper.
    • 1894, Selimo R. Bottone, Electrical Instrument Making for Amateurs, 6th edition, page 26:
      Gun-paper, or papyroxyline, is paper which has been immersed for a few seconds in a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, and then washed in an abundance of water.

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