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Webster 1913 Edition
Dynamite
Dy′na-mite
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] power. See
Dynamic
.] (Chem.)
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.