A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator; SYN. nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate.
Veoma jako eksplozivno sredstvo, dobiva se preradom glicerina azotnom i sumpornom kiselinom; po pronalazaču dinamita Alfredu Nobelu zove se još i Nobelovo praskovo ulje; nitroleum. (grč.)