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pyroid

pyroid adjective: pertaining to noble metals, such as gold and silver.

Adjective

pyroid (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to noble metals, such as gold and silver.
    • By warming with pyridine, H. H. Schlubach1 was able to force the equilibrium between the pyroid and furoid modification of galactose so far toward the furoid form, that the β-pentacetylgalactofuranose was prepared in practical quantities.1943, Ole Gisvold, Charles Herbert Rogers, The Chemistry of Plant Constituents, page 79
  2. Having a tapered shape.
    • The females were pyroid in shape, without any neck.1979, Y. Chaturvedi, S. Khera, Studies on Taxonomy, Biology, and Ecology of Nematodes, page 89

Noun

pyroid (countable and uncountable, plural pyroids)

  1. Pyrolytic graphite.
    • Both basal-oriented and edge-oriented (basal planes perpendicular to the surface) samples of pyroid were implanted.1976, Manfred Kaminsky, Radiation Effects on Solid Surfaces, page 99

Forms of pyroid

pluralpyroids

Questions about pyroid

What does pyroid mean?
Pyroid means pertaining to noble metals, such as gold and silver.
What part of speech is pyroid?
Pyroid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pyroid in the dictionary

  1. pyrogravure
  2. pyrogravures
  3. pyrogy
  4. pyrohies
  5. pyrohy
  6. pyroid
  7. pyroids
  8. pyrokinesis
  9. pyrokinetic
  10. pyrokinetically
  11. pyrokinin

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