PYROLYSIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("pyrolysis" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

Derivation:

pyrolytic (resulting from pyrolysis)

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