'fulminating gold' definitions:
Definition of 'fulminating gold'
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- Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating powder. [1913 Webster]
- Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans. [1913 Webster]