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Pyrolysis

//paɪˈɹɒlɪsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents. countable, physical, uncountable

    "Techniques that have successfully identified ionic intermediates in solution have been applied to gas-phase pyrolyses."

  2. 2
    transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat wordnet

Etymology

From pyro- + -lysis.

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