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pyrolytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
py-rolyt-ic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or produced by pyrolysis.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English lytic English pyrolytic From pyro- + lytic.

Derived Forms

nonpyrolytic pyrolytically

Frequently Paired Words

pyrolysis pyrolyse pyrolyze

Questions

What does pyrolytic mean?
Of, relating to, or produced by pyrolysis.
Where does pyrolytic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English lytic English pyrolytic From pyro- + lytic.

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