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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to or designating chemical activity at elevated temperatures.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Productive of chemical change at high temperatures, such as those of furnaces.

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  • adjective chemistry Of, related to, or produced by chemical reactions at elevated temperatures.

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  • adjective of or relating to or produced by chemical reactions at high temperatures

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  • The pyrochemical process evidently causes low energy induced nuclear reactions resulting in stable end products through subcritical cold fission, nuclear spallation and accelerated decay reactions.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The pyrochemical process evidently causes low energy induced nuclear reactions resulting in stable end products through subcritical cold fission, nuclear spallation and accelerated decay reactions.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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