pyrolyse
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- pyrolyze (US)
Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]pyrolyse (third-person singular simple present pyrolyses, present participle pyrolysing, simple past and past participle pyrolysed)
- (intransitive, chemistry) To undergo pyrolysis.
- (transitive, chemistry) To decompose or transform a substance by subjecting it to heat.
Synonyms
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[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]pyrolyse f (plural pyrolyses)
- pyrolysis (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Verb
[edit]pyrolyse
- inflection of pyrolyser:
Further reading
[edit]- “pyrolyse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.