Meanings
adjectivepyrometallurgical (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to pyrometallurgy
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Latinpyr
- Englishpyro-
- Englishmetallurgy
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmetallurgical
- Englishpyrometallurgical
From pyro- + metallurgical.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian pirometallurgico
- pirometallurgicopertaining to pyrometallurgy
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APA
pyrometallurgical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrometallurgical
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“pyrometallurgical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrometallurgical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyrometallurgical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrometallurgical.
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