(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:24:04

Pyr`o*phor"ic (?), 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.

 

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