airohydrogen

English

Adjective

airohydrogen (not comparable)

1. Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.

   Coordinate term: oxyhydrogen

   • 1861, Appleton's Dictionary of Machines, Mechanics, Engine-work, and Engineering, volume 2, page 596:

     The airohydrogen blowpipe is supplied with common air and with pure hydrogen; […]

   • 1950, Robert Macy Starbuck, Questions and Answers on the Practice and Theory of Sanitary Plumbing, volume 1, page 116:

     What is the principle of the oxyhydrogen and airohydrogen flame? These flames are produced by the mixture of proper proportions of oxygen and hydrogen gases, which mixture is highly explosive.