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Webster 1913 Edition
Pyrophorous
{
Pyrˊo-phor′ic
,Py-roph′o-rous
, }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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pyrophorous
PYROPHOROUS
,Adj.