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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[

Pyro-

+ Gr.

φέρειν

to bear.]

Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.

Pyrophoric iron

(Chem.)

finely reduced iron, which ignites spontaneously on contact with air.

Adj.

Pertaining to or resembling pyrophorus.

pyrophorous ‎(not comparable)