pyrolysis

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• Received-Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹɒlɪsɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɪˈɹɒlɪsɪs/
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• General-American: /paɪˈɹɑləsɪs/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Proto-Indo-European *lewh1-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English pyrolysis From pyro- + -lysis.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: pirolisi — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Breton: gwrezrannadur — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Catalan: piròlisi — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱解 /热解 (rèjiě) — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱裂解 /热裂解 (rèlièjiě) — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Czech: pyrolýza — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Esperanto: pirolizo — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Finnish: pyrolyysi — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• French: pyrolyse — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• German: Pyrolyse — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Greek: πυρόλυση (pyrólysi) — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Hungarian: pirolízis — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Italian: pirolisi — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Japanese: 熱分解 (netsubunkai) — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Kazakh: пиролиз (piroliz) — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Polish: piroliza — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Portuguese: pirólise — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Russian: пиро́лиз (piróliz) — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Serbo-Croatian: piroliza — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Spanish: pirólisis — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Tagalog: apuybilos — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents
• Turkish: piroliz — decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents