Usually means: Powerful explosive used industrially, militarily.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (PETN)

noun:  Initialism of pentaerythritol tetranitrate. [(organic chemistry) A potent, water-soluble high explosive, prepared by nitration of pentaerythritol.]

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