PYR-

Meaning of PYR- in English

Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PYR — pyr- n [occurring in derivatives and compounds] pyr-, pyro- (= fire)
Interlingua English vocab
PYR- — or pyro- combining form see: fire fire ; heat , 2. produced by or as if by the action of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PYR- — combining form or pyro- Etymology: Middle English pyro-, from Middle French pyr-, pyro-, from Late Latin, from Greek, from pyr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYR- — () Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action …
Английский словарь Webster
PYR- — var. of pyro- , used before h or a vowel: pyran.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PYR- — or pyro- Etymology: Greek, from pyr — more at fire 1. : fire : heat pyro meter pyr heliometer 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PYR- — combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of …
Webster English vocab
PYR- — [pyr-] or pyro- comb form [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL, fr. Gk, fr. pyr--more at fire] 1: fire: heat "pyrometer" …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PYR- — в сложных словах имеет значение: огонь - pyrochimestry пирохимия - pyrometer пирометр - pyrotechnics пиротехника
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PYR- — = pyro-
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PYR- — = pyro-
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PYR- — = pyro-
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PYR- — в сложных словах имеет значение: огонь - pyrochimestry пирохимия - pyrometer пирометр - pyrotechnics пиротехника
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PYR — Variant: or pyro- Function: combining form Etymology: Gr, from pyr ― more at FIRE 1 : fire : heat < …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SULFINPYRAZONE — noun Etymology: sulfinic acid (RSO2H) + pyr- + azole + -one Date: 1958 a uricosuric drug C 23 H 20 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PYROXYLIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + Greek xylon wood Date: circa 1847 a flammable mixture of nitrocelluloses used especially …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PYROXENE — noun Etymology: French pyroxène, from Greek pyr- + xenos stranger Date: 1800 any of a group of igneous-rock-forming silicate minerals …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PYROSOMA — I. ˌpīrəˈsōmə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pyr- + -soma : a genus (coextensive with the family Pyrosomatidae …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYROTRITARIC ACID — |pīrō|trī|tarik- noun also py·ro·tri·tar·tar·ic acid -īˌtär|tarik- Etymology: pyrotritaric International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + tri- + tar taric; pyrotritartaric from pyr- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYRALIS — ˈpirələ̇s noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from pyr fire — more at pyr- 1. plural pyralides obsolete : a fly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRIMM'S LAW — ˈgrimz- noun Usage: usually capitalized G & often capitalized L Etymology: after Jacob Grimm died 1863 German philologist 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYROPE — /puy"rohp/ , n. a mineral, magnesium-aluminum garnet, Mg 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in crystals of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PYRO- — 1. a combining form meaning "fire," "heat," "high temperature," used in the formation of compound words: pyrogen; pyrolusite; pyromancy. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PYRROLE — [pyr.role] n [Gk pyrrhos] (1835): a toxic liquid heterocyclic compound that has a ring consisting of four carbon atoms and …
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PYRRHOTITE — [pyr.rho.tite] n [modif. of G Pyrrhotin, fr. Gk pyrrhotes redness, fr. pyrrhos red, fr. pyr fire--more at fire] (1868): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PYRRHIC — [pyr.rhic] n [L pyrrhichius, fr. Gk (pous) pyrrhichios, fr. pyrrhiche, a kind of dance] (1626): a metrical foot consisting of …
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PYRIDINE — [pyr.i.dine] n [pyr- + -ide + [2]-ine] (1851): a toxic water-soluble flammable liquid base of pungent odor that is the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PYRHELIOMETER — [pyr.he.li.om.e.ter] n [ISV] (1863): an instrument for measuring the sun's radiant energy as received at the earth -- pyr.he.lio.met.ric adj
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PYRARGYRITE — [pyr.ar.gy.rite] n [G Pyrargyrit, fr. Gk pyr- + argyros silver--more at argent] (1849): a mineral consisting of silver antimony sulfide …
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PYRAMID — [pyr.a.mid] n [L pyramid-, pyramis, fr. Gk] (1549) 1 a: an ancient massive structure found esp. in Egypt having typically …
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PYRACANTHA — [pyr.acan.tha] n [NL, fr. Gk pyrakantha, a tree, fr. pyr- + akantha thorn] (1705): any of a small genus (Pyracantha) …
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PYRRHONISM — [Pyr.rho.nism] n [F pyrrhonisme, fr. Pyrrhon Pyrrho, 4th cent. b.c. Gk. philosopher, fr. Gk Pyrrhon] (ca. 1670) 1: the doctrines …
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