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pyrolysis

pyrolysis

English

Alternative forms

pyrolisis

Noun

pyrolysis ‎(plural pyrolyses)

(chemistry, physics) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat in the absence of oxygen or any other reagents

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decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents

Basque: pirolisi
Catalan: piròlisi
Czech: pyrolýza f
Esperanto: pirolizo
Finnish: pyrolyysi (fi)
French: pyrolyse (fr)
German: Pyrolyse (de)
Greek: πυρόλυση (el) ‎(pyrólysi)

Hungarian: pirolízis (hu)
Italian: pirolisi (it)
Portuguese: pirólise (pt) m
Russian: пиро́лиз (ru) m ‎(piróliz)
Serbo-Croatian: piroliza (sh)
Spanish: pirólisis (es)
Tagalog: apuybilos
Turkish: piroliz (tr)