Shimose powder

== English == === Etymology === From Shimose +‎ powder. Calque of Japanese 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku), from 下瀬 (Shimose, surname) + 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire chemical”). Named after Japanese chemist 下瀬雅允 (Shimose Masachika) (1860–1911), the developer of the powder. === Noun === Shimose powder (uncountable) A picric acid-based explosive. Synonyms: Shimose, Shimose gunpowder ==== Synonyms ==== melinite (“French variant”) lyddite (“British variant”) ==== Hypernyms ==== explosive ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Translations ====