Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Alt. of Pyr-
Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also pyroacetic ether, and formerly was called pyroacetic spirit.
An acid obtained by sybjecting another acid to the action of heat. Cf. Pyro-.
A salt of pyroantimonic acid.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of antimony analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
A salt of pyroarsenic acid.
Pertaining to or designating, an acid of arsenic analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
A salt of pyroboric acid.
Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, H2B4O7 (called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid.
Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid.
Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.
A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities.
Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.
A salt of pyrogallic acid; an ether of pyrogallol.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol.
A phenol metameric with phloroglucin, obtained by the distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline substance having acid properties, and hence called also pyrogallic acid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes.
1. Electricity.
2. A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria.
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