Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fulmiaic \Ful*mia"ic\, a. [Cf. F. fulminique.]
Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.),
pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called;
as, fulminic acid.
{Fulminic acid} (Chem.), a complex acid, {H2C2N2O2}, isomeric
with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free
state, but forming a large class of highly explosive
salts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the
most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion
caps, charge cartridges, etc. -- Fulminic acid is made by
the action of nitric acid on alcohol.
Source : WordNet®
fulminic acid
n : (CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of
explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic
acid