πυρόλυση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin pyrolysis. By surface analysis, πυρό- (pyró-, fire) + λύση (lýsi, lysis, breakdown (chemical sense)), see the ancient λύσις (lúsis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈɾo.li.si/
  • Hyphenation: πυ‧ρό‧λυ‧ση

Noun

πυρόλυση • (pyrólysi) f (plural πυρολύσεις)

  1. (chemistry) pyrolysis
    Hypernym: θερμόλυση (thermólysi, thermolysis)

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