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- French · borrowed frombalistite
- English todayballistite
Attested since 1892, from French balistite or Italian balistite (both 1890).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ballistite
Today it means: A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad. Full definition →
French balistite