PYROTECHNIC


Meaning of PYROTECHNIC in English

I. |pīrə|teknik, -rō|t-, -nēk adjective

also py·ro·tech·ni·cal -nə̇kəl, -nēk-

Etymology: pyrotechnic probably from French pyrotechnique, from pyrotechnie pyrotechny + -ique -ic; pyrotechnical from pyrotechny + -ical

: of or relating to pyrotechnics

pyrotechnic smokes

• py·ro·tech·ni·cal·ly -nə̇k(ə)lē, -nēk-, -li adverb

II. noun

( -s )

1. pyrotechnics plural but singular or plural in construction : the art of making or the manufacture and use of fireworks (as for display, military signaling, or illumination) : pyrotechny

2. pyrotechnics plural

a. : materials (as fireworks, powders, and ammunition) for flares or signals

b. : a display of fireworks

3. : a spectacular and usually highly emotional display (as of oratory, rhetoric, anger, wit, or extreme virtuosity)

pages of glittering pyrotechnic — Gamaliel Bradford

— usually used in plural

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.