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pyrophorous

pyrophorous


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pyrophoric  \Pyr`o*phor"ic\,  Pyrophorous  \Py*roph"o*rous\,  a. 
  [Pyro-  +  Gr  ?  to  bear.] 
  Light-producing;  of  or  pertaining  to  pyrophorus. 
 
  {Pyrophoric  iron}  (Chem.),  finely  reduced  iron,  which  ignites 
  spontaneously  on  contact  with  air.