[f. Gr. κολλο-, comb. form of κολλά glue, gum + OXYLIN.] A form of pyroxylin or nitro-cellulose less highly nitrated than common gun-cotton.
1884. Eissler, Mod. High Explosives, 120. The time necessary for the conversion of cotton into kolloxyline depends on the state of concentration of the nitric acid. Ibid., Nitro-cellulose (kolloxyline…). This substance is not to be confounded with gun-cotton, which is not soluble in alcoholic ether.
